Early in the day it was whispered that we should sail in a boat, only thou and I,
and never a soul in the world would know of this our pilgrimage to no country
and to no end.
In that shoreless ocean, at thy silently listening smile my songs would swell in
melodies, free as waves, free from all bondage of words.
Is the time not come yet? Are there works still to do? Lo, the evening has come
down upon the shore and in the fading light the seabirds come flying to their
nests.
Who knows when the chains will be off, and the boat, like the last glimmer of
sunset, vanish into the night?