One sails away to sea, to sea
One stands on the shore and cries;
The ship goes down the world, and the light
On the sullen water dies
The whispering shell is mute
And after is evil cheer;
She shall stand on the shore and cry in vain
Many and many a year
But the stately wide-winged ship
Lies wrecked, lies wrecked on the unknown deep;
Far under, dead in his coral bed
The lover lies asleep
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