Adrift! A little boat adrift! Emily Dickinson

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Adrift! A little boat adrift!
And night is coming down!
Will no one guide a little boat
Unto the nearest town?

So Sailors say — on yesterday
Just as the dusk was brown
One little boat gave up its strife
And gurgled down and down

So angels say — on yesterday
Just as the dawn was red
One little boat — o'erspent with gales
Retrimmed its masts — redecked its sails
And shot — exultant on!