And laid him on the sand beneath a palm,

His worn young face was partly torn away,

His eyes, that saw the world no more, were calm

We could not close his eyelids, stiff with blood,—

But, oh, my brother, I had changed with thee

For I am still tormented in the flood,

Whilst thou hast done thy work, and reached the sea.

My Desire

Fate has given me many a gift

To which men most aspire,