Cleavage of sea and sky,
Ever elusive line,
Though I follow it far,
Far as the Ultimate Isles,
Never it seems more nigh,--
Shifting shadow and shine,--
Dim as a distant star
That beckons and beguiles.
Dawn-dream of my heart,
Dusk-dream of my soul,
Though I follow thee long
Into the night's deep shades,
Never attained thou art,
Never I gain the goal;
Thou art like a song
That ever and ever evades.
