← At first it seemed a little speck, And then it seemed a mist; 🔊
← Sometimes all little birds that are, How they seemed to fill the sea and air With their sweet jargoning! 🔊
← And looked far forth, yet little saw Of what had else been seen— 🔊
← A little distance from the prow Those crimson shadows were: 🔊
← And hark the little vesper bell, Which biddeth me to prayer! 🔊