Ernest Favenc

“ That looks the fairer for our darker days.
The sirens' voices ever in our ear,
Vainly we struggle; Fate our lot has cast.
We drift along, powerless our course to steer,
Bound by a threefold cord unto the mast. ”

“ To those who pass through life bound to the mast.
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