Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Song From The Ship By Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Song From The Ship

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

To sea, to sea! The calm is o’er;
The wanton water leaps in sport;
And rattles down the pebbly shore;
The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort,
And unseen Mermaids’ pearly song
Comes bubbling up, the weeds among.
Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:
To sea, to sea! The calm is o’er.
To sea, to sea! Our wide-winged bark
Shall billowy cleave its sunny way,
And with its shadow, fleet and dark,
Break the caved Tritions’ azure day,
Like mighty eagle soaring light.
O’er antelopes an Alpine height.
The anchor heaves, the ship swings free,
The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!

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