i.
sea, oh, sea,
sail that
billows,
blind breeze
of whispering
sea.
ii.
water of curls,
bright path
bird of more,
bright bird of
shore
spreading
out, wings like
cloth.
iii.
rhythm and
******, springing
vault, floods of
water scattering
like light on the
set of the sun.
iv.
sea-rose of poise,
**** of black
bubbles, sea
of storm and
might.
v.
oh, sea, river of
my blood,
drowning dark,
drumming
sound of waves
giddy, washing
the shore
as if the night
could never stay
or the clouds
could carry
the thirsty brine.