The Earth Turns South/Voyager's Song

by Clement Richardson Wood

VOYAGER'S SONG

(Suggested by Hodgson's "The Mystery")

What if I coasted near the shore
 Of ultimate utter sleep—
You were the tide that swung me back
 Into the living deep.

I did not heed what all the world
 Held in its proud embrace;
But it was life to hear you speak,
 And heaven to see your face.

 Feb. 11, 1919