After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds, After the white-gray sails taut to their spars and ropes, Below, a myriad myriads waves hastening, lifting up

Moving with the tides of history
After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds, After the white-gray sails taut to their spars and ropes, Below, a myriad myriads waves hastening, lifting up
Aboard at a ship’s helm, A young steersman steering with care. Through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing, An ocean bell-O a warning bell, rock’d
1 To-day a rude brief recitative, Of ships sailing the seas, each with its special flag or ship-signal, Of unnamed heroes in the ships-of waves