Adrift! A little boat adrift!

Adrift! A little boat adrift! And night is coming down! Will no one guide a little boat Unto the nearest town?

So Sailors say — on yesterday — Just as the dusk was brown One little boat gave up its strife And gurgled down and down.

So angels say — on yesterday — Just as the dawn was red One little boat — o'erspent with gales — Retrimmed its masts — redecked its sails — And shot — exultant on!