Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Song: ‘The boat is chafing at our long delay’John Davidson (1857–1909)
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And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
The tawny sands, the moon.
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
To reach a land unknown.