Sea Slant

By Carl Sandburg

On up the sea slant,

On up the horizon,

The ship limps.

The bone of her nose fog-gray,

The heart of her sea-strong,

She came a long way,

She goes a long way.

On up the sea slant,

On up the horizon,

She limps sea-strong, fog-gray

She is a green-lit night gray.

She comes and goes in sea-fog.

Up the horizon slant she limps.