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Across the tossing tumult of my sea / The peaceful current of your Spirit flows. / The ships attain their harbours, enter free / Beyond the pale horizon's line of rose. / Tempests are banished from these miles serene: / Held cloud-free, wind-free, by your love's control, / My sea shall yield its deep-bed treasure soon! / Mirror the evening star, -- the cloud, -- the moon: / Tranquil, as tho' no storm had ever been -- / My sea shall be the mirror of your soul.