My Friend Of Friends! In You My Heart's At Rest

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Title:     My Friend Of Friends! In You My Heart's At Rest
Author: Laurence Alma-Tadema [More Titles by Alma-Tadema]

My Friend of Friends! in you my heart's at rest,
That wandered homeless as the ocean-wind
Hither and thither, seeking still to find
Some refuge. As a ship that east and west
Roams havenless, and quits each shore distressed,
So wandered I, so left each land behind,
Bearing my soul as helmsman, sage but blind;
And still we journeyed on at Fate's behest.
But now I hold my harbour, and the ship
Casts anchor here. The unnested winds that blow
May reach me still and rock me to and fro.
What matter? Here is Peace that bids me slip
Closer and closer to the enfolding shore,
Lower the sails, and stay for evermore.

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Laurence Alma-Tadema's poem: My Friend Of Friends! In You My Heart's At Rest

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