TO ________.
 
        Upon the sea of life,
            Outspread thy spirit's sails; --
        Go in thy genius forth, and breast
            Its billows and its gales.
 
        Weigh anchor and depart --
            Why linger on the shore?
        Seize helm and guide thy spirit's bark
            These untried waters o'er.
 
        Dread only the dead calm,
            Heed not the sky's dark frown;
        And if to shipwreck thou art doomed,
            Go in the tempest down.