OUT upon the unknown deep, <br />Where the unheard oceans sound, <br />Where the unseen islands sleep,-- <br />Outward bound. <br />Following towards the silent west <br />O'er the horizon's curved rim,-- <br />Or to islands of the blest, <br />--He with me and I with him-- <br />Outward bound. <br /> <br />Nothing but a speck we seem <br />In the waste of waters round, <br />Floating, floating like a dream,-- <br />Outward bound. <br />But within that tiny speck <br />Two brave hearts with one accord <br />Past all tumult, grief, and wreck, <br />Look up calm,--and praise the Lord,-- <br />Outward bound.<br /><br />Dinah Maria Mulock Craik<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/outward-bound-4/
