THE GALLIASS
'TELL me, tell me,Unknown stranger,When shall I sight meThat tall shipOn whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded,Sleep?''Landsman, landsman,Lynx nor kestrelNe'er shall descry fromOcean steepThat midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass,Sleep.''Promise me, Stranger,Though I mark notWhen cold night-tide'sShadows creep,Thou wilt keep unwavering watch forSleep.''Myriad the lights are,Wayworn landsman,Rocking the dark throughOn the deep:She alone burns none to prove herSleep.'
'TELL me, tell me,Unknown stranger,When shall I sight meThat tall shipOn whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded,Sleep?''Landsman, landsman,Lynx nor kestrelNe'er shall descry fromOcean steepThat midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass,Sleep.''Promise me, Stranger,Though I mark notWhen cold night-tide'sShadows creep,Thou wilt keep unwavering watch forSleep.''Myriad the lights are,Wayworn landsman,Rocking the dark throughOn the deep:She alone burns none to prove herSleep.'
'TELL me, tell me,Unknown stranger,When shall I sight meThat tall shipOn whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded,Sleep?'
'TELL me, tell me,
Unknown stranger,
When shall I sight me
That tall ship
On whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded,Sleep?'
'Landsman, landsman,Lynx nor kestrelNe'er shall descry fromOcean steepThat midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass,Sleep.'
'Landsman, landsman,
Lynx nor kestrel
Ne'er shall descry from
Ocean steep
That midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass,Sleep.'
'Promise me, Stranger,Though I mark notWhen cold night-tide'sShadows creep,Thou wilt keep unwavering watch forSleep.'
'Promise me, Stranger,
Though I mark not
When cold night-tide's
Shadows creep,
Thou wilt keep unwavering watch forSleep.'
'Myriad the lights are,Wayworn landsman,Rocking the dark throughOn the deep:She alone burns none to prove herSleep.'
'Myriad the lights are,
Wayworn landsman,
Rocking the dark through
On the deep:
She alone burns none to prove herSleep.'