[verse 1]
A weariness of hours, a lonely plight,
Where time's swift river fades into the night.
To seek the village, where the markets gleam,
And hear the music, like a fleeting dream.
[verse 2]
To watch the great ships, shadows on the bay,
And trade a trifle, as the hours decay.
When the sunset paints the heavens high,
A vast cathedral, 'neath a burning sky.
[Chorus]
Where earth and heaven in a glory blend,
And all are brothers, till the journey's end.
Though poor and solitary, by the wave,
A fire I kindle, where the wild winds rave
[verse 3]
And as the darkness veils the ocean's face,
I seek my slumber in that grassy space.
To dream the visions that the dreamers knew,
The wind, the sea, the star, forever true.
[verse 4]
I am the echo of the rolling main,
A shadow fleeting, in the sunlit rain.
A soul unburdened, wandering ever free,
I am the all, the none, eternity.
[Chorus]
Where earth and heaven in a glory blend,
And all are brothers, till the journey's end.
Though poor and solitary, by the wave,
A fire I kindle, where the wild winds rave.