And rafts half-sunken, fringed with weedy shreds,

And sodden beams, once soaked to season strong.

No sight of man, nor sight of life, no stroke,

No voice the somnolence and silence broke.

Then I who rowed leant on my oar, whose drip

Fell without sparkle, and I rowed no more;

And he that steered moved neither hand nor lip,

But turned his wondering eye from shore to shore;

And our trim boat let her swift motion die,

Between the dim reflections floating by.