AT SEA

AT SEA

‘Farewell and adieu’ was the burden prevailing

Long since in the chant of a home-faring crew;

And the heart in us echoes, with laughing or wailing,

      Farewell and adieu.

Each year that we live shall we sing it anew,

With a water untravelled before us for sailing

And a water behind us that wrecks may bestrew.

The stars of the past and the beacons are paling,

The heavens and the waters are hoarier of hue:

But the heart in us chants not an all unavailing

      Farewell and adieu.

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal SIR PATRICK SPENS Watercolour on paper. 1856 Tate, London

Элизабет Элинор Сиддал СЭР ПАТРИК СПЕНС Бумага, акварель. 1856 Галерея Тейт, Лондон