As For Myself, The Wonderful Sea Charmed

To Know The Laws That Govern The Winds, And To Know That You Know Them, Will Give You An Easy Mind On Your Voyage Round The World; Otherwise You May Tremble At The Appearance Of Every Cloud.

They Made A Shrewd Guess That I Could Give Them Some Useful Information, And They Were The First To Meet Me. Some One Said They Came To Arrest Me, And - Well, Let It Go At That.

But Where, After All, Would Be The Poetry Of The Sea Were There No Wild Waves?

The Days Pass Happily With Me Wherever My Ship Sails.

On This Day There Was Soon Wind Enough And To Spare. The Same Might Have Been Said Of The Sea. The Spray Was In The Midst Of The Turbulent Gulf Stream Itself. She Was Jumping Like A Porpoise Over The Uneasy Waves