Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GODSPEED, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER


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First Line: Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one
Last Line: The unreturning voyage, my friends to me.
Subject(s): Sea Voyages


OUTBOUND, your bark awaits you.
Were I one
Whose prayer availeth much, my wish should be
Your favoring trade-wind and consenting sea.
By sail or steed was never love outrun,
And, here or there, love follows her in whom
All graces and sweet charities unite,
The old Greek beauty set in holier light;
And her for whom New England's by-ways bloom,
Who walks among us welcome as the Spring,
Calling up blossoms where her light feet stray.
God keep you both, make beautiful your way,
Comfort, console, and bless; and safely bring,
Ere yet I make upon a vaster sea
The unreturning voyage, my friends to me.





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