Songs of Sea and Sail

<h2>WIND HAPPY SHIPS.</h2> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Wind happy ships, that rise and make</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Across the gaping bay,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">To dance like bubbles in the wake</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Of westward flying day.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">So quick they rise, so swift they flow,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">So bright their topsails gleam,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">They seem to come, and come and go</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Like joy-thoughts in a dream.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Wind happy ships, in constant flight</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Across the sloping main,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">That thro' the dark and thro' the light</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Sail on and on again.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A port ye have, I know not where&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">'Tis far beyond my world&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">But pray some day may find you there</span><br/> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[Pg 123]</SPAN></span></p> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">With all your canvas furled.</span><br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />