l old friends on the old trail, our own trail, the out trail,
They're God's own guides on the Long Trail--the trail that is always new.

Fly forward, O my heart, from the Foreland to the Start--
We're steaming all too slow,
And it's twenty thousand mile to our little lazy isle
Where the trumpet-orchids blow!
You have heard the call of the off-shore wind
And the voice of the deep-sea rain;
You have heard the song--how long--how long?
Pull out on the trail again!

The Lord knows what we may find, dear lass,
And the Deuce knows what we may do--
But we're back once more on the old trail, our own trail, the out trail,
We're down, hull down, on the Long Trail--the trail that is always new!

Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936]

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