[He opens the window.

Come hither, hither, hither, water-folk:

Come, all you elemental populace;

Leave lonely the long-hoarding surges: leave

The cymbals of the waves to clash alone,

And, shaking the sea-tangles from your hair,

Gather about us. [After a pause.

I can hear a sound

As from waves beating upon distant strands;

And the sea-creatures, like a surf of light,