"I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.
There's a schooner in the offing, With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her For the Islands of Desire.
I must forth again to-morrow! With the sunset I must be
Hull down on the trail of rapture In the wonder of the sea."
-- Richard Hovey
For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.
There's a schooner in the offing, With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her For the Islands of Desire.
I must forth again to-morrow! With the sunset I must be
Hull down on the trail of rapture In the wonder of the sea."
-- Richard Hovey
