Give him peace for a while in sleeping.

Hush ye, hush! he is weak and ailing:

Send his mother his share of weeping.

Hush ye, winds, from your endless wailing;

Hush ye, hush ye, my babe is sleeping!

John Masefield

SHIPS

I cannot tell their wonder nor make known

Magic that once thrilled through me to the bone;

But all men praise some beauty, tell some tale,