III.
I sahe Sky
No bigger t;
At ?rst it seemd a little speck
And t seemd a mist:
It movd and movd, and took at last
A certain s.
A speck, a mist, a s!
And still it nerd and nerd;
And, an it dodgd a er-sprite,
It plungd and tackd and veerd.
it unslackd, h black lips bakd
Ne could we laugh, ne wail:
tood
I bit my arm and suckd the blood
And cryd, A sail! a sail!
it unslackd, h black lips bakd
Agape they heard me call:
Gramercy! they for joy did grin
And all at once th drew in
As they were drinking all.
S tack from side to side--
o work us weal
iten en tide
Seddies keel.
tern wave was all a ?ame,
the day was well nigh done!
Almost upon tern wave
Rested t Sun;
strange shape drove suddenly
Bet us and the Sun.
And strait th bars
(her send us grace)
As if te he peerd
ith broad and burning face.
Alas! (t I, and my beat loud)
she neres and neres!
Are t glance in the Sun
Like restless gossameres?
Are these _her_ naked ribs, which ?eckd
t did behem peer?
And are the crew,
t woman and her ?eshless Pheere?
_h many a crack,
All black and bare, I ween;
Jet-black and bare, save w
Of mouldy damps and c
tch purple and green.
_her_ lips are red, _her_ looks are free,
_her_ locks are yellow as gold:
e as leprosy,
And shan he;
ill air cold.
the naked hulk alongside came
And twain were playing dice;
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Quotled thrice.
A gust of erte up behind
And hro his bones;
th
les and half-groans.
ithe Sea
Off darts tre-ship;
ern bar
t Star
Almost atips.
One after one by the horned Moon
(Listen, O Stranger! to me)
Eacurnd ly pang
And cursd me h his ee.
Four times ?fty living men,
ith never a sigh or groan,
ithump, a lifeless lump
they droppd down one by one.
their bodies ?y,--
to bliss or woe;
And every soul it passd me by,
Like the whiz of my Cross-bow.