Song

By John Davidson

1857-1909

THE boat is chafing at our long delay,
         And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
         The tawny sands, the moon.

Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight!
         Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
         To reach a land unknown.

DayPoems Poem No. 798
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