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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384701" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Two Ships</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the sea of life they floated,<br>Brothers twain in manhood's pride,<br>And the good ship 'Temperance' bore them,<br>Safely o'er the stormy tide.<br>Not a thought of rock or breaker,<br>Not a fear of wreck had they,<br>For their ship was strong and steady-<br>Faithful, trusty, night and day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So they floated on together,<br>Full of youth's elastic joy,<br>Floated till the air was startled<br>With the cry of 'Boat ahoy!'<br>And they saw a craft beside them,<br>Dainty, jaunty, frail, and fair,<br>And its banner showed a wine-glass,<br>Painted as its symbol there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And again the stranger shouted,<br>'Boat ahoy! a friend is near!<br>Captain of yon gallant vessel,<br>Do you see, and do you hear?<br>We're the 'Social Glass,' my hearties,<br>And a jolly, jovial crew.<br>We are bound for Pleasure Valley,<br>And we would be friends with you.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But the brothers stood in silence,<br>Though they could not help but hear,<br>And the elder's heart was throbbing<br>With a vague and chilling fear.<br>And again the stranger pleaded,<br>'Come aboard the 'Social Glass'!<br>We will entertain you warmly,<br>And the time will quickly pass.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Still the elder stood unheeding,<br>Still he did not move or turn,<br>And his mien was cold and haughty,<br>And his face was dark and stern.<br>But the younger whispered to him,<br>'Surely, we are churls to stand<br>In this sullen, boorish silence;<br>Let us offer friendship's hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'See! they beckon us to join them!<br>Beckon us with word and smile.<br>I will not refuse them longer,<br>I will join them for a while.'<br>Then the 'Social Glass' rowed nearer,<br>And he joined the jovial throng,<br>And they gathered round about him,<br>Greeting him with laugh and song.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Then the elder cried in anguish,<br>Loud and wild his accents fell:<br>'Know you not, O brother, brother!<br>Yonder ship is bound for hell?<br>See the clouds that hover o'er you!<br>And the day is growing dark:<br>There is ruin and destruction<br>For each soul upon that bark.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'Oh! come back! Why did you leave me?<br>It is certain death to stay,<br>Do not loiter! do not linger!<br>Brother, brother, come away!'<br>But the wild winds only answered<br>To his agonizing plea;<br>And the 'Social Glass' went bounding<br>Lightly o'er the troubled sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>He could hear their shouts of laughter,<br>He could see their goblets shine,<br>He could see his darling brother<br>With his lips all red with wine.<br>Ah! a seething, boiling maelstrom<br>Lay within their very track,<br>And he warned them of their danger,<br>And he strove to turn them back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But they did not, would not heed him:<br>On they went in wildest glee!<br>Nearer, nearer to the whirlpool,<br>Nearer to the boiling sea,<br>Till the 'Social Glass' was buried<br>In the seething, rushing wave,<br>And each mad and wreckless voyager<br>Found a dark and awful grave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And the lonely brother floated<br>Calmly o'er the stormy tide,<br>For the good ship 'Temperance' bore him<br>Safely o'er the waters wide.<br>And he never left her shelter<br>Till the voyage of life was o'er,<br>And he anchored where the angels<br>Waited for him on the shore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q>
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Brothers twain in manhood's pride,
And the good ship 'Temperance' bore them,
Safely o'er the stormy tide.
Not a thought of rock or breaker,
Not a fear of wreck had they,
For their ship was strong and steady-
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