Washed by a violet sea.

It was no dream.

The clustering irised bubbles in the foam,

The grinding stir as through the shining pebbles

The wave ran back; the little drifts of smoke

Where wet black rocks dried grey in the hot sun;

The pods of sea-weed, crackling underfoot,

All told me this.

My comrade at my side,

Moved like a shadow. I turned a promontory,