Men's volant homes that measure liquid space

On wheel or wing. The chariot of the land,

With pain'd and panting steeds, and clouds of dust,

Has no sight-gladdening motion like these fair

Careerers with the foam beneath their bows,

Whose streaming ensigns charm the waves by day,

Whose carols and whose watch-bells cheer the night,

Moor'd as they cast the shadows of their masts

In long array, or hither flit and yond

Mysteriously with slow and crossing lights,