TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er; <br />The wanton water leaps in sport, <br />And rattles down the pebbly shore; <br />The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts, <br />And unseen mermaids' pearly song <br />Comes bubbling up, the weeds among. <br />Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar: <br />To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er. <br /> <br />To sea, to sea! our wide-winged bark <br />Shall billowy cleave its sunny way, <br />And with its shadow, fleet and dark, <br />Break the caved Tritons' azure day, <br />Like mighty eagle soaring light <br />O'er antelopes on Alpine height. <br />The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, <br />The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!<br /><br />Thomas Lovell Beddoes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sea-to-sea/
