The Sea

Back from the night's dark keep

and the heart's holy dream,

birds skim and cry in the cast

of the great bright sea-

Wake the coast

and mark the stars!

pray the prayers

that the souls knows best;

for each ship sails on waters

between heaven and earth,

and the sea is but an ocean

that breaks upon its still

and distant shore.

David Russell OFS Hjortø, Fyn