So from the heights of Will
Life's parting stream descends,
And, as a moment turns its slender rill,
Each widening torrent bends,From the same cradle's side,
From the same mother's knee,
-One to long darkness and the frozen tide,
One to the Peaceful Sea! (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)

So from the heights of Will Life's parting stream descends, And, as a moment turns its slender rill, Each widening torrent bends,From the same cradle's side, From the same mother's knee, -One to long darkness and the frozen tide, One to the Peaceful Sea!

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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