In the lone presence of the ocean free,

Suspended like a bird above the sea,

My bounding soul is apt

To mingle, as its own,

Among the waters, like a privileged thing;

Or, as a seamew spreads its radiant wing,

On the wild breezes thrown,

To wander far away

Above the breakers, and then strength inhale;

Or float, like one inspired, upon the gale,