← Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—' 🔊
← 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 ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. 🔊
← In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; 🔊
← Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. 🔊
← For when it dawned—they dropped their arms, And clustered round the mast; 🔊
← The Sun, right up above the mast, Had fixed her to the ocean: 🔊