“O Mariner-soul,
Thy quest is but begun,
There are new worlds
Forever to be won.”

—  Lucy Larcom

Last written words (17 April 1893), as quoted in Ch. 12 : Last Years.
Lucy Larcom : Life, Letters, and Diary (1895)

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