THE waves in thunderous menace break <br />Upon the rocks below my tower, <br />And none will dare the Sea-king's power <br />And venture shipwreck for my sake. <br /> <br />Yet once,--my lamp a path of light <br />Across the darkling sea had cast-- <br />I saw a sail; at last, at last, <br />It came towards me through the night. <br /> <br />My lamp had been the beacon set <br />To lead the ship through mist and foam, <br />The ship that came to take me home, <br />To that far land I half forget. <br /> <br /> <br />But since my tower is built so high, <br />And surf-robed rocks curl hid below, <br />I quenched my lamp--and, weeping low <br />I saw my ship go safely by!<br /><br />Edith Nesbit<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-enchanted-tower/
