To navigate the sea of foreign waters!
Pale apprehension brooded o'er my heart;
At length it sank! but ere 'twas fully lost,
This star arose benignly o'er the grave
Of my departed hopes, and beaming peace,
Ay, on its brow were written PEACE and LOVE.
They filled my heart, those two celestial rays—
An earnest gave that they would ne'er forsake,
But be my guidance to my long, last home.
My sinking soul was strengthened; I arose