英语翻译Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog,when it seemd a

英语翻译
Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog,when it seemd as if a tangible white darkness shut you in,and the great ship ,tense and anxious,groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line,and you waited with beating heart for something to happen?I was like that ship before my education began,only I was without compass or sounding-line,and had no way of knowing how near the harbor was.