Waves in the Vessel's wake
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[begin leaf 1 recto]
sShip sail on—and after
she
had sail'd on,
had
pass'd,
The
waters
current
in her wake—the
little
hastening
waves
^hastening from afar,
smaller on
larger,
And the ^far billows reaching up,
with
their
prying looks
and white necks, bending over, with their
with
prying looks
Tending ^[illegible] gaily with
swift flow toward the track left by the ^departed ship
And the ^great spread of the sea
itself, ^hoarsely bubbling and gur gurgling thither,
Toward that motley, laughing buoyandt
streak of itself, When the ship sailing on, hadstirred up
displaced
the surface,
Undulating, and flashing, so
whirling
frolicsome
under the sun;The
To
the
Toward that
long, long, shining, and mottled
track, ^with curves,
Where the ship, sailing & tacking, had displaced the
with curves, surface
Thither The ^little & larger waves, with yearnfully flowing, with
frag-
ments & foam—a long varied procession,
A varied procession, with many a fleck of foam & many fragments
where, they
They In There, to the wake of the vessel, ^they, long ^& long after
she had pass'd, Gathering, joyously followed. [begin leaf 1 verso]
Waves in the Vessel's wake
I saw astreak of itself, When the ship sailing on, had
under the sun;
ments & foam—a long varied procession,
she had pass'd, Gathering, joyously followed. [begin leaf 1 verso]
