To Sea!

Give me the tiller; up with the sail! Now let her swing to the breeze. Out to sea with a dripping rail, To sea, with a heart at ease!

Out of the Harbour! out of the Bay! Out by the valiant Light, Out by rocks where the young gulls lay-- And glad winds teach them flight!

Out of the Harbour! out of the Bay! Out to the open sea! O there's not in the world a way To feel so wildly free!

So, let her quiver! So, let her leap! So, let her dance the foam! All life else is a narrow keep, The sea alone is home!