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Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
  For the one ship that struts the shore
Many's the gallant, overwhelmed creature
  Nodding in navies nevermore.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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