That showed the sea her heels—

South to the Gallapagos,

Down, due south, to the Horn,

And up, by the Windward Passage way,

On the breath of the balm-wind borne.

There, standing down the channel,

With a smoke wake o'er her rail,

Is a ship that goes to Zanzibar

Along the world-round trail,

'Ere seven suns have kissed her