THE VOYAGE

(For Eric Linklater)

That sea was greater than we knew,

Week after week the empty round

Went with us; the Unchanging grew,

And we were headed for that bound.

How we came there we could not tell.

Seven storms had piled us in that peace,

Put us in check and barred us well

With seven walls of seven seas.

FROM ‘THE VOYAGE’ BY EDWIN MUIR