Until the beauty took him by the throat,

So stately is their glittering overturn;

Armies of marching eyes, armies that yearn

With banners rising and falling, and passing by

Over the empty silence of the sky.

The Dauber sighed there looking at the sails,

Wind-steadied arches leaning on the night,

The high trucks traced on heaven and left no trails;

The moonlight made the topsails almost white,

The passing sidelight seemed to drip green light.