@3Between two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits For breath to reinspire him from the gates That open still toward sunrise on the vault High-domed of morning, and in flight's default With spreading sense of spirit anticipates What new sea now may lure beyond the straits His wings exulting that her winds exalt And fill them full as sails to seaward spread, Fulfilled with fair speea's promise. Pass, my song, Forth to the heaven of thy desire and dread, The presence of our lord, long loved and long Far off above beholden, who to thee Was as light kindling all a windy sea.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICH DAYS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES IN SCHOOL-DAYS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE BOSPHORUS REVISITED by SEYMOUR GREEN WHEELER BENJAMIN SECTION GANG: AFTERNOON by NORMAN BOLKER THE CITY: 2. THE CITY by STIRLING BOWEN THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING LIMOS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |