It vaulted across the waves
In a crimson arc
Through the shadows
To a far away shroud and rest

Our awaiting and noble colossus
Our charitable stranger
Who would surely yield
Hearth and home

An impregnable silence remained
How it thickened the whole way
As the embers of dawn free-fell

How we strained for words
In our drifting affection
As the travelers
We once abhorred at home