Poems (Botta)/From De Vigny
Appearance
FROM DE VIGNY.
Come on the sea, beloved, Fearless and free;Leave friends and wealth behind; Come, come with me.My bark on the water shines A fairy thing;—See her pennon, mast, and keel!She is but a little shell, Yet there I am king.
The earth was made for the slave, Oh maiden free!But for man, the stern and brave, The boundless sea.The waves breathe in their flow A mystery,And tenderly they sing,In their soft murmuring,— Love, Liberty.