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And in the wreck of noble lives
Something immortal still survives.
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Lines 375-376

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sail forth into the sea of life,
O gentle, loving, trusting wife,
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Upon the bosom of that sea
Thy comings and thy goings be!
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And in the wreck of noble lives
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