| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. The Ship Returning | | By Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | | SHE comes majestic with her swelling sails, | |
| The gallant ship; along her watery way | |
| Homeward she drives before the favoring gales. | |
| Now flirting at their length the streamers play, | |
| And now they ripple with the ruffling breeze. | 5 |
| Hark to the sailors’ shouts! the rocks rebound, | |
| Thundering in echoes to the joyful sound. | |
| Long have they voyaged o’er the distant seas; | |
| And what a heart-delight they feel at last, | |
| So many toils, so many dangers past, | 10 |
| To view the port desired, he only knows | |
| Who on the stormy deep for many a day | |
| Hath tost, aweary of his watery way, | |
| And watched, all anxious, every wind that blows! | | | | |
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