On a Sea Wild and Stormtoss'D

On a Sea Wild and Stormtoss'd Once, on a sea wild and stormtoss'd, two boats were flung, no sure hand at their helm, no guide to steer, they at the mercy of every wave lashing. Oft storms flung them apart, but ever they came to drift together again, side by side. The sea, dark and angry, strove to separate them, but only in vain, for across the waves of the sea wild and stormtoss'd, the two boats always came, eschewing the company of lordly frigates, swift sailboats, and sleek packets, that together they might drift; until into a calm and serene port they both entered, and upon the calm water there, the two boats were at rest. Was it only chance that drove them to this port calm and serene, or was it God who guided two little boats, to meet in this habor of serenity, across the wild and stormtoss'd sea?