Sea Pictures, Op. 37: III. Sabbath Morning at Sea

The ship went on with solemn face
To beat the darkness on the deep
The solemn ship went onward
I bowed down weary in the place
For parting tears and prayers and sleep
Had weighed mine eyelids downward
The new sight, the new wondrous sight
The waters around me turbulent
The skies in puffy for me
Comely the moonless, sunless light
As glorified by Him and the intent
Of boiling the day-glowing
Love me, sweet friends, this Sabbath day
The sea sings round me, I hear all laughter
The hymn unuttered
And kneel where once I knelt to pray
And bless me deeper in your soul
Because your voices faltered
And though this Sabbath comes to me
Without the stolid minister
And chanting congregation
God's Spirit shall give comfort
He who brooded soft on water's rear
Creator and creation
He shall assist me to look higher
Where people's sight with open song
Of endless, endless Sabbath morning
And of the sea all mixed with fire
Oft drop the eyelids' race along
For the whole cockpit's burning