Becalmed
I love the Sound in all but this:
That winds are weak and still demur
Along the waste of loneliness,
And keep me far from her.
My will is strong to skim the miles,
But what am I that must depend
On such inconstant, airy smiles?
O Æolus, unbend!
The drooping sail is idly swung
Half-drowsily as moves the swell,
And yonder warning iron tongue
Can hardly tone his bell.
What if, when favor brings me there,
She should be gone that is my joy;
What if, perhaps, she should not care,
Or like the winds were coy!
That winds are weak and still demur
Along the waste of loneliness,
And keep me far from her.
My will is strong to skim the miles,
But what am I that must depend
On such inconstant, airy smiles?
O Æolus, unbend!
The drooping sail is idly swung
Half-drowsily as moves the swell,
And yonder warning iron tongue
Can hardly tone his bell.
What if, when favor brings me there,
She should be gone that is my joy;
What if, perhaps, she should not care,
Or like the winds were coy!
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