7. The Sea Gypsy by Richard Hovey. Rittenhouse, Jessie B., ed. 1917. The Little Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

7. The Sea Gypsy

By Richard Hovey


I AM fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.

There ’s a schooner in the offing,	5
With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her
For the Islands of Desire.

I must forth again to-morrow!
With the sunset I must be	10
Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.