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...A CONSECRATION by JOHN MASEFIELD A SAD, SAD STORY by MOTHER GOOSE THE GRAVE OF LOVE by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 34. THE DARK GLASS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE KING'S HAND by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON by JOHN BANCKS ON A MINIATURE by HENRY AUGUSTIN BEERS |