"Soon with them will all be over,Cape Cod - Henry David Thoreau
Soon the voyage will be begun
That shall bear them to discover,
Far away, a land unknown."Land that each, alone, must visit,
But no tidings bring to men;
For no sailor, once departed,
Ever hath returned again."No carved wood, no broken branches
Ever drift from that far wild;
He who on that ocean launches
Meets no corse of angel child."Undismayed, my noble sailors,
Spread, then spread your canvas out;
Spirits! on a sea of ether
Soon shall ye serenely float!"Where the deep no plummet soundeth,
Fear no hidden breakers there,
And the fanning wing of angels
Shall your bark right onward bear."Quit, now, full of heart and comfort,
These rude shores, they are of earth;
Where the rosy clouds are parting,
There the blessed isles loom forth."
Complete accounta at:
The Shipwreck (St. John)
Interesting references to Thoreau in Cape Cod at:
"Why Thoreau came to Cape Cod"
Much more on Shipwreck of the St. John
