Page:Lyrics of Life, Coates, 1909.djvu/98

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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.