The sundawn of the spirit that was man.

And fear the song too taught him; fear to be

Worthless the dear love of the wind and sea

That bred him fearless, like a sea-mew reared

In rocks of man's foot feared,

Where nought of wingless life may sing or shine.

Fear to wax worthless of that heaven he had

When all the life in all his limbs was glad

And all the drops in all his veins were wine

And all the pulses music; when his heart,

Singing, bade heaven and wind and sea bear part

In one live song's reiterance, and they bore:

Fear to go crownless of the flower he wore

When the winds loved him and the waters knew,

The blithest life that clove their blithe life through

With living limbs exultant, or held strife

More amorous than all dalliance aye anew

With the bright breath and strength of their large life,

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With all strong wrath of all sheer winds that blew,

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