Leaves of Grass (1882)/Whispers of Heavenly Death/What Ship Puzzled at Sea

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3858759Leaves of Grass (1882) — What Ship Puzzled at SeaWalt Whitman


WHAT SHIP PUZZLED AT SEA.

What ship puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckoning?
Or coming in, to avoid the bars and follow the channel a perfect pilot needs?
Here, sailor! here, ship! take aboard the most perfect pilot,
Whom, in a little boat, putting off and rowing, I hailing you offer.