The ocean heaves around us still

With long and measured swell,

The autumn gales our canvas fill,

Our ship rides smooth and well.

The broad Atlantic’s bed of foam

Still breaks against our prow;

I shed no tears at quitting home,

Nor will I shed them now!

Against the bulwarks on the poop

I lean, and watch the sun

Behind the red horizon stoop —

His race is nearly run.

Those waves will never quench his light,

O’er which they seem to close,

To-morrow he will rise as bright

As he this morning rose.

How brightly gleams the orb of day

Across the trackless sea!

How lightly dance the waves that play

Like dolphins in our lee!

The restless waters seem to say,

In smothered tones to me,

How many thousand miles away

My native land must be!

Speak, Ocean! is my Home the same

Now all is new to me? —

The tropic sky’s resplendent flame,

The vast expanse of sea?

Does all around her, yet unchanged,

The well-known aspect wear?

Oh! can the leagues that I have ranged

Have made no difference there?

How vivid Recollection’s hand

Recalls the scene once more!

I see the same tall poplars stand

Beside the garden door;

I see the bird-cage hanging still;

And where my sister set

The flowers in the window-sill —

Can they be living yet?

Let woman’s nature cherish grief,

I rarely heave a sigh

Before emotion takes relief

In listless apathy;

While from my pipe the vapours curl

Towards the evening sky,

And ‘neath my feet the billows whirl

In dull monotony!

The sky still wears the crimson streak

Of Sol’s departing ray,

Some briny drops are on my cheek,

‘Tis but the salt sea spray!

Then let our barque the ocean roam,

Our keel the billows plough;

I shed no tears at quitting home,

Nor will I shed them now!

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Poems in English 

• Poem of Joys. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Proud Music of The Storm by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Here, Sailor. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• I Dream’d in a Dream. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Turn, O Libertad. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• A Clear Midnight. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Are You the New person, drawn toward Me? by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Ah Poverties, Wincings and Sulky Retreats. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• Soledad by Robert Hayden by Walt Whitman
• Runagate Runagate by Robert Hayden by Walt Whitman
• Perseus by Robert Hayden by Walt Whitman
• O Daedalus, Fly Away Home by Robert Hayden by Walt Whitman
• Among the Multitude. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• American Feuillage. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• An Army Corps on the March. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• All is Truth. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• A Carol of Harvest, for 1867 by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• A Promise to California. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• After the Sea-Ship. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
• A Boston Ballad, 1854. by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman

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