← With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, 🔊
← And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, 🔊
← For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow. 🔊
← Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay, That made the breeze to blow! 🔊
← The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; 🔊
← The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze up-blew; 🔊