England.
Joaquin Miller
hou, mother of brave men, of nations! Thou, - The white-brow'd Queen of bold white-bearded Sea!
- Thou wert of old ever the same as now,
- So strong, so weak, so tame, so fierce, so bound, so free,
- A contradiction and a mystery;
- Serene, yet passionate, in ways thine own.
- Thy brave ships wind and weave earths destiny.
- The zones of earth, aye, thou hast set and sown
- All seas in bed of blossom'd sail, as some great garden blown.