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THE TWO SHIPS
Hereupon,
The vessel I at first admired, I now
Despised, and “How much happier,” I cried,
“More to be envied, much more glorious,
Nay, in the Builder’s sight, how far more fair,
This crawling-in triumphant, than yon calm
Easy re-entry, unreproved, unproven!”
But he: “Why wilt thou mete the more and less?
Each her due course obedient having sail’d,
Each her desired cargo faithful borne,
Delightful to the Heavenly Eye come both.”
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