Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Davidson. 18571909850. Song
THE boat is chafing at our long delay, | |
And we must leave too soon | |
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray, | |
The tawny sands, the moon. | |
Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight! | 5 |
Watch from thy pearly throne | |
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night | |
To reach a land unknown. |