That lies until the morning brings

Searchings, and shrieks, and sorrowings;

Or, haply, to all eyes unknown,

Is borne away without a groan,

On a chance plank, 'mid joyful cries

Of birds that pierce the sunny skies

With seaward dash, or in calm bands

Parading o'er the silvery sands,

Or mid the lovely flush of shells,

Pausing to burnish crest or wing.