Well hast thou painted her, our Ship of State,—
A state of Mind,—amidst the breakers' roar,
The calm, grand equipoise of Faith, combined
With Understanding; and the pearly door
Of Heaven, our port, that nearer is, ajar,
Whence gleams the morning of our Eastern Star.
TO BRADFORD SHERMAN, C.S.D.
From the January 1888 issue of The Christian Science Journal