Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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The Wayfarer In the ship of life, A Wayfarer plies the Sea of Time: In his home port, the place of his childhood, He has left his heaviest cargo, his narrow¬ minded preconceptions; And with him, in his hold of hope, Are only his learning, his aspirations, and his wanderlust. The sails of his lonely ship, Woven from the coarse threads of experience. Billow out with the wind of opportunity, Trapping the tempestuous squalls of chance. Storms of misfortune sometimes beset the Wayfarer, Battering his ship, veering him from his course; But he endures these hardships, navigates around the shoals of Fate, In anticipation of the bright days to come. And those days will come, halcyon days later in his voyage, Festive days in far-off lands, Days of rest after a lifelong journey Back to his home, a place unchanged, yet hardly the same. In the same way, let us all sail undaunted to our own ports of call, Each of us a wayfarer in search of himself. —Glenn George, Editor-in-Chief Presidential Scholar 1981 tv