Scarlet leagues along the sea;

Flaxen hair afloat in sunlight,

Love, come down the world to me!

There's a Captain I must ship with,

(Heart, that day be far from now!)

Wears his dark command in silence

With the sea-frost on his brow.

Noons of poppy, noons of poppy,

Purple shadows by the sea;

How should love take thought to wonder