Classic Poem

In happy daylight, child, our fancy's dull;
Quelled, dazzled by the sunshine. In the storm,
And in the night, and on the turbulent sea,—
When thunder and the winds wage war together,
And, underneath, the vast black heaving Deep
Bears up the sailor to the clouds, he sees,
Far off, the beauty of his flowery home,
Where, fenced by humble walls, his children sleep;
Their mother watching o'er.