The Winds of Fate - Ella Wheeler Wilcox | Eternal Poems

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One ship drives east and another drives west
With the self-same winds that blow;
'Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
That tells them the way to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate
As we voyage along through life;
'Tis the set of the soul
That decides its goal
And not the calm or the strife.

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AUTHOR:
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born on November 5, 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin, United States. She was an American author and poet.

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ATTRIBUTION:
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's portrait from Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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