Behold it has been given to me
To know the secrets of the sea,--
Its magic and its mystery!
And though, alas, I may not reach
The clear communicable speech
Of men, communing each with each,
I have such wonderment to tell,
Such marvel and such miracle,
I needs must strive to break the spell.
Hence do I murmur ceaselessly;
And could one but translate me, he
Might speak the secrets of the sea!