TO SEA!

By Cale Young Rice

Give me the tiller; up with the sail!

Now let her swing to the breeze.

Out to sea with a dripping rail,

To sea, with a heart at ease!

Out of the Harbour! out of the Bay!

Out by the valiant Light,

Out by rocks where the young gulls lay —

And glad winds teach them flight!

Out of the Harbour! out of the Bay!

Out to the open sea!

O there's not in the world a way

To feel so wildly free!

So, let her quiver! So, let her leap!

So, let her dance the foam!

All life else is a narrow keep,

The sea alone is home!