“The Winds of Fate” 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.

Poem on poemhunter.com and ellawheelerwilcox.org.
HT: Elizabeth M.