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verse, down into which strange eyes Keep peering at me, as I peered, with wonder and surmise. RE-RECKONING Two years have gone, and again I stand On the bow of a mighty ship That pushes her way 'twixt sea and stars With soft and dreamy dip. Two years of labouring, heart and hand, Of waging spirit-wars, Of wondering ever what life is-- And if death heals its scars. Two years; and again the mast-bell sounds Above me--with a low voice, As ghostly as the white phosphor-foam That breaks with the old noise Of waters that have washed all bounds Of earth, that is man's home-- His ark--on the wide ether flung, Unrestingly to roam. For, even as we, is this our earth An endless wanderer Far down a universe with vast Strange voyagings astir; And where time ever brings to birth A craving, never past, To fare from where we are, to where No anchor ever was cast. A craving--in the mote, the man, The mollusc and the star; A yearning on--O life! O life! How far leads it, how far? All unbelievably began Our voyage, mid a strange strife-- That, meaningless, yet seems to mean It is with Wisdom rife. But if it is not, shall we say, "Let man scuttle his ship, And drown in universal death The griefs that at him grip?" No; for no surety rests therein To certain end of breath. He can but let hope set the course His soul foretokeneth. TO THE AFTERNOON MOON, AT SEA Take care, O wisp of a moon, Vague on the sunny blue above the sea, Or the gull flying across you Will pierce your veil-thin shape with a sharp wing! Take care, or the wind will wilt you, As he does the clouds snowily drifting by you, And diffuse you over the sky, a silvery mist, To give more cool to the day! Take care, so near the horizon, Or a phantom skipper, one who has long been drowned, Will reach above it and seize you And make you his sail to circle the world forever! Take care, take care! for frailty Is the prey of the strong, and you, a wraith of it, Have yet a long while to go before nightfall Brings you to sure effulgence! PATHS Crushing in my hand The bay as I pass, Drinking in its fragrance With the sea's scent, W
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