Hawaiian Hilltop (Taggard collection)/Skull Song
SKULL SONG
A sea-god, whose father had been a mortal, becomes a skeleton.
The skin of the sea was thick, to-night,And the tone of the sea was dull;When I found by the edge of the sullen seaThe half of a sea-god's skull.
Half of a sea-god's skull was there,Half of a sea-god's tail.When I dug them out of the clutch of the sandThe peering moon went pale.
The peering moon went pale, becauseHer other eye had seenThe other half of the sea-god's bonesTen thousand fathom green. . . .
Ten thousand fathom green with sea,The sea-god's other bonesSwayed in a dead sea-goddess's armsOn a pile of sea-washed stones.
The skin of the sea was thick, to-night,And the tone of the sea was dull,While I buried away from the sinister seaAll the mortal part of a skull.