We now, held in captivity,
Spring to our bondage nor grieve-
See now, how it is blesseder,
Brothers, to give than receive!
Keep trust, wherefore we were made,
Paying the debt that we owe;
For a clean thrust, and the shear of the blade,
Will carry us where would go.
The Ship That Found Herself
written byRudyard Kipling
© Rudyard Kipling