George Gray
Edgar Lee Masters
1868 to 1950
Track 1
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And now I know that we must lift the sail
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,
I have studied many times
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
The marble which was chiseled for me—
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
But life without meaning is the torture
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.
But my life.
And catch the winds of destiny
In truth it pictures not my destination
Of restlessness and vague desire—
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Wherever they drive the boat.
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