Songs of Sea and Sail

<h2>IN SEPTEMBER.</h2> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, the wind, the wind,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the white wake behind;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the land</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of yellow sand,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Looming like a band</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of gold along the rim;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the laughter of the sea,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the sense of mystery,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">In the dim</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Stretch of lee,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Where the haze</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">In the blaze</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of heat seems to meet</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The sky.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, the happy sails that fly</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">To the east, to the south,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the light-house at the mouth</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of the bay</span><br/> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[Pg 112]</SPAN></span></p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">With its gray</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Granite spire</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Bold against the higher</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Lift o' green,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And a smoky tug-boat's trail</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Flaunting like a tail</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of stormy cloud,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And a steamer in between</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">With her paddles whirring round.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, a day upon the Sound,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">With the wind, the wind,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Coming out behind,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And the feeling of content</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">That is lent</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">To the mind,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">When the sailing breeze is fair,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And your only thought or care</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Is to keep</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The sails asleep,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And run,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Until the sun</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Drops in the West&mdash;</span><br/> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[Pg 113]</SPAN></span></p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Then rest is best.</span><br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />