This soul to me: "The seething sea,

Tossing hungry under me,

I fear to trust; the ships I fear;

I see no isle of beauty near;

The sun is blotted out—no more

'Twill shine for me on any shore."

Once more I said: "Be not afraid;

Yield to the storm without a dread;

For the tree, by tempests torn

From its native soil, is borne