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Behold the sea itself

And on its limitless heaving breast the ships

See where their white sails bellying in the wind speckle the green and blue

See the steamers coming and going steaming in or out of port

See dusky and undulating the long pennants of smoke

Book XIX：Sea-Drift：Song for All Seas All Ships

Today a rude brief recitative

Of ships sailing the seas each with its special flag or ship-signal

Of dashing spray and the winds piping and blowing

And out of these a chant for the sailors of all nations

Fitful like a surge

Of sea-captains young or old and the mates and of all intrepid sailors

Of the few very choice taciturn whom fate can never surprise nor death disMay

Pick'd sparingly without noise by thee old ocean chosen by thee

Thou sea that pickest and cullest the race in time and unitest nations

Suckled by thee old husky nurse embodying thee

Indomitable untamed as thee

Flaunt out O sea your separate flags of nations

Flaunt out visible as ever the various ship-signals

But do you reserve especially for yourself and for the soul of man one flag above all the rest

A spiritual woven signal for all nations emblem of man elate above death

Token of all brave captains and all intrepid sailors and mates

And all that went down doing their duty

Reminiscent of them twined from all intrepid captains young or old

A pennant universal subtly waving all time o'er all brave sailors

All seas all ships