IV. TIME AND ETERNITY, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
VII. SETTING SAIL.
VII. SETTING SAIL.
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, --
Past the houses, past the headlands,
Into deep eternity!
Of an inland soul to sea, --
Past the houses, past the headlands,
Into deep eternity!
Bred as we, among the mountains,
Can the sailor understand
The divi ne intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
Can the sailor understand
The di
Of the first league out from land?
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