← 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; 🔊
← Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; 🔊
← Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel! 🔊
← The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze up-blew; 🔊
← Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe: 🔊