O’er the waste of waters, and watched

For a sail as keenly as they.

Ah, wretched men that we are!

On our haggard faces and brows

Aching, a wild breeze fawns

Full of the scents of the sea,

Redolent of regions beyond.

Why, then, tarries the ship?

When will her white sail rise

Like a star on the sea-line? When?