Born of the sea's resistless surge, Rocked where the foam-flecked hollows lie Between the tumbling crests that scourge The stormy petrel forth to fly— A dark-eyed girl with wind-tossed hair, A sea-nymph bred in Neptune's creed, Now tames the hissing combers' speed, Now plunges, laughing, to her lair Ten fathoms down. Ulysses knew her when he sailed Aegean waters long ago; The swart Phoenician traders hailed Her slender form with eyes aglow. Gay spirit of the sea, contrive (When next you seek the gardens deep Where green lights dance and sea-things sleep) That I be with you when you dive Ten fathoms down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLACE OF PEACE by EDWIN MARKHAM SONG, FR. ERNEST MALTRAVERS by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON IN THE VALLEY OF THE ELWY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ELAINE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |