Lyrics of Life (1909)/Conflict and Rest

by Florence Earle Coates

CONFLICT AND REST

Through the long voyage we may welcome day,
⁠Glad when the night is gone,
So many threat'ning perils of the way
⁠Vanish before the dawn;

And yet a deeper darkness we may crave
⁠When strife indeed is past,
And we from stress of tempest and of wave
⁠Are nearing port at last.