Poems (Larcom)/Diver and Voyager
DIVER AND VOYAGER.
"VOYAGER, hast thou ever been down where thy boat glides now, To the roots of the jagged rocks that frown O'er a death-white brow?
"To the wasted gems that slip away From the mocking wave, Where the shark and swordfish grimly play Round the sailor's grave?"
"No, diver, no! but thy pearls I wear, As my boat sways here. Thou hast told of the rock in ambush, there Never need I steer.
"And because I know that the traitor wave Must restore the dead, While I sail to port o'er the shipwrecked brave, I can feel no dread."
"Light voyager, 't is of humanity That I tell my tale." "Pale diver, that is the same bright sea Over which I sail."