THE GALLIASS

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.'


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