Let not thereafter any living man
Prevent thy voyage or prevail against it.
Seek now the shore, the sea-mew’s home!
Embark on the boat that bears thee south,
30 Where far over the foam thou shalt find thy lord,—
Where lingers thy lover in longing and hope.
In the width of the world not a wish or desire
More strongly stirs him (he instructs me to say)
Than that gracious God should grant you to live
35 Ever after at ease together,