This page has been validated.
140
THE SHIP
And my ship, my ship without a name,
On the purple sea a silver flame,
From Earth to Heaven did go.
O Prince! make of your cruelty
A ship and not a sword.
Give it masts of silver and ebony!
Give it bulwarks of carven ivory,
And a figure-head of chalcedony;
And take on board a god!
