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 mermaid's 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 white-winged bark Shall billowing cleave its watery way, And with its shadow, fleet and dark, Break the caved Triton's azure day, Like mountain eagle soaring light O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves! The ship swings free! Our sails swell full! To sea! to sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALVARY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 56. AL-WALI by EDWIN ARNOLD ON THE LOSS OF A PIOUS FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD EPITAPH FOR GAVIN HAMILTON by ROBERT BURNS EXTEMPORE IN THE COURT OF SESSION by ROBERT BURNS THE FIRST SONG by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |