Andromeda, and Other Poems/The Night Bird

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POEMS

CONNECTED WITH 1848-9.

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THE NIGHT BIRD.
i.A FLOATING, a floatingAcross the sleeping sea,All night I heard a singing birdUpon the topmast tree.
ii.'Oh came you off the isles of Greece,Or off the banks of Seine;Or off some tree in forests free,Which fringe the western main?'
iii.'I came not off the old worldNor yet from off the new—But I am one of the birds of GodWhich sing the whole night through.'
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iv.'Oh sing, and wake the dawning—Oh whistle for the wind;The night is long, the current strong,My boat it lags behind.'
v.'The current sweeps the old world,The current sweeps the new;The wind will blow, the dawn will glow,Ere thou hast sailed them through.'
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