'TIS THE SET OF THE SAIL Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 
 
 

One ship sails east and another sails west With the self-same winds that blow. 'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate As we voyage along through life, 'Tis the set of the soul that determines the goal, And not the calm or the strife.

 
 

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