Brightens their blots of brown and red

Or touches on the ocean-rim

Afar, some ochre-tinted sail

Of speeding boat where Chioggians swim

Out to the Adriatic gale.

From pilèd barge that blocks the stream

Some dog at sea-bird wheeling low

Bays; and I hear the madmen scream

In sinister San Servolo.

No other living noise, no cry;