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But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.

William Cowper
Heaven, Toil, Lost
William Cowper (1822). “The poems of William Cowper”, p.226
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.