Sea-Song.

It sings to me, it sings to me,
The shore-blown voice of the blithesome sea!
    Of its world of gladness all untold,
    Of its heart of green, and its mines of gold,
And desires that leap and flee.

It moans to me, it moans to me!
The storm-stirred voice of the restive sea!
    Of the vain dismay and the yearning pain
    For hopes that will never be born again
From the womb of the wavering sea.

It calls to me, it calls to me,
The luring voice of the rebel sea!
    And I long with a love that is born of tears
    For the wild fresh life, and the glorying fears,
For the quest and the mystery.

It wails to me, it wails to me,
Of the deep dark graves in the yawning sea;
    And I hear the voice of a boy that is gone.
    But the lad sleeps sound till the judgment-dawn
In the heart of the wind-swept sea.