Vale

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LONE Voyager! Thy Ship of Dreams
  Spreads its free sail and slips away
Into the distant visioning
  That lies behind the end of day.

The restless tide's impatient wave
  In from the broad Pacific rolls
And sunset marks a mystic way
  To the far-shining Port of Souls.

We, watching on the darkening shore,
  Wave you farewell, and strain our eyes
Till that bright speck which is your sail
  Is lost in the enfolding skies.

Brave Heart, Sweet Singer! Speed you well
  To those dim islands of the blest,
Far--far--and ever farther, till
  The end of distance brings you rest!

© Isabel Ecclestone Mackay