And fairy-silver,—that ye bear withal;

Ye are so soft and small,

I weep for joy to find ye here to-day

So near to Heaven, and yet so far away,

In our good ocean-ship, whose bows are wet with spray.

VII.

Ye are the cynosure of many eyes

Bright-blue as English skies,—

The sailors' eyes that scan ye in a row,

As if intent to show