Living

Wind of the Sea

by James Whitcomb Riley 1849–1916

From The Book of Joyous Children (1902)

Living

Wind of the Sea, come fill my sail--
Lend me the breath of a freshening gale
And bear my port-worn ship away!
For O the greed of the tedious town--
The shutters up and the shutters down!
Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay
And bear me away!--away!

Whither you bear me, Wind of the Sea,
Matters never the least to me:
Give me your fogs, with the sails adrip,
Or the weltering path thro' the starless night--
On, somewhere, is a new daylight
And the cheery glint of another ship
As its colors dip and dip!

Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay
And bear me away!--away!

MLA

Riley, James Whitcomb. “Wind of the Sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/353/.

Chicago

Riley, James Whitcomb. “Wind of the Sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/353/.

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