HALL! Ho! Sail! Ho! Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy! Who calls to me, So far at sea? Only a little boy! Sail! Ho! Hail! Ho! The sailor he sails the sea: I wish he would capture A little sea-horse And send him home to me. I wish, as he sails Through the tropical gales, He would catch me a sea-bird, too, With its silver wings And the song it sings, And its breast of down and dew! I wish he would catch me a Little mermaid, Some island where he lands, With her dripping curls, And her crown of pearls, And the looking-glass in her hands! Hail! Ho! Sail! Ho! Sail far o'er the fabulous main! And if I were a sailor, I'd sail with you, Though I never sailed back again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YOUTH WITH RED-GOLD HAIR by EDITH SITWELL WHAT TOMAS AN BUILE SAID IN A PUB by JAMES STEPHENS THE PATIENT WAYS by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE UNTIL DEATH by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA THE WEEPING SAVIOUR, HYMN 3 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING VERMONT FALL FEED by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |