The Set of the Sails 
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

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

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