stephen crane - the ocean said to me once - gideon wagner lyrics

the ocean said to me once
“look!
yonder on the shore
is a woman, weeping
i have watched her
go you and tell her this **
her lover i have laid
in cool green hall
there is wealth of golden sand
and pillars, coral*red;
two white fish stand guard at his bier

“tell her this
and more **
that the king of the seas
weeps too, old, helpless man
the bustling fates
heap his hands with corpses
until he stands like a child
with a surplus of toys.”