Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
John Davidson. 1857–1909850. Song
| THE boat is chafing at our long delay, | |
| And we must leave too soon | |
| The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray, | |
| The tawny sands, the moon. | |
| Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight! | 5 |
| Watch from thy pearly throne | |
| Our vessel, plunging deeper into night | |
| To reach a land unknown. |