The Poetry Corner

Song - Wind Of The Sea

By James Whitcomb Riley

[A.T.] Wind of the Sea, come fill my sail - Lend me the breath of a freshening gale And bear my port-worn ship away! For O the greed of the tedious town - The shutters up and the shutters down! Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay And bear me away! - away! Whither you bear me, Wind of the Sea, Matters never the least to me: Give me your fogs, with the sails adrip, Or the weltering path thro' the starless night - On, somewhere, is a new daylight And the cheery glint of another ship As its colors dip and dip! Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay And bear me away! - away!