Like
her I go; I cannot stay;
I leave this mortal ark behind,
A weight of nerves without a mind,
And
leave the cliffs, and haste away
O’er
ocean-mirrors rounded large,
And reach the glow of southern skies,
And see the sails at distance rise,
And
linger weeping on the marge,
And
saying; ‘Comes he thus, my friend?
Is this the end of all my care?’
And circle moaning in the air:
‘Is
this the end? Is this the end?’
And
forward dart again, and play
About the prow, and back return
To where the body sits, and learn
That
I have been an hour away.