LIKE ONE WHO, DOOMED.
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Like one who, doomed o'er distant seas His weary path to measure, When home at length, with favoring breeze, He brings the far-sought treasure;
His ship, in sight of shore, goes down, That shore to which he hasted; And all the wealth he thought his own Is o'er the waters wasted!
Like him, this heart, thro' many a track Of toil and sorrow straying, One hope alone brought fondly back, Its toil and grief repaying.
Like him, alas, I see that ray Of hope before me perish, And one dark minute sweep away What years were given to cherish.