Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE JOURNEY, by JOHN THOMAS MCFARLAND


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THE JOURNEY, by                    
First Line: I go not where I will but must
Last Line: My captain's smile and words at last.
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


I go not where I will but must;
This planet ship on which I ride
Is drawn by a resistless tide;
I touch no pilot wheel but trust

That One who holds the chart of stars,
Whose fathom-lines touch lowest deeps
Whose eye the boundless spaces sweeps,
Will guide the ship through cosmic bars.

My soul goes not a chosen way;
A current underruns my life
That moves alike in peace or strife,
And turns not for my yea or nay.

Not on the bridge, but at the mast,
I sail o'er this far-streaming sea;
I will arrive: enough for me
My Captain's smile and words at last.





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