Classic Poem

I LOVED , and sought the wide earth o'er,
But only met a face of hate.
I saw ships sailing from the shore,
While she I sought forevermore
Looked o'er the side. I came too late.

Two on two continents apart,
With no thought of each other, dwelt,
O'er oceans, with unconscious art
Led on, heart answered unto heart,
Till at her happy feet he knelt.

Though years are long and worlds are wide,
Though long I wait or wander lone,
The universe is on his side
Who, patient, knows his time to 'bide;
And Fate shall give me yet my own.