Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne

At Sea

'Farewell and adieu' was the burden prevailing
Long since in the chant of a home-faring crew;
And the heart in us echoes, with laughing or wailing,
Farewell and adieu.

Each year that we live shall we sing it anew,
With a water untravelled before us for sailing
And a water behind us that wrecks may bestrew.

The stars of the past and the beacons are paling,
The heavens and the waters are hoarier of hue:
But the heart in us chants not an all unavailing
Farewell and adieu. 

1. Laus Veneris
2. A Ballad of Life
3. Hendecasyllabics
4. Ave Atque Vale
5. Messidor

Aleister Crowley At Sea ("As night hath stars, more rare than ships")

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