Waters Of Wide Agony

[02:57]Many the green isle needs must be

[03:00]In the sea of misery

[03:05]Or the mariner who's so worn and wan

[03:09]Never thus could voyage on

[03:13]Day and night, and night and day

[03:16]Always drifting on his dreary way

[03:21]Always been drifting on his dreary way

[03:24]Closing around vessel's track

[03:28]When dreamers seem to be

[03:32]Weltering through eternity

[03:39]Of a dark and distant shore

[03:48]Longing with divided will

[03:55]He's ever drifting on and on

[03:59]Over the unresponsive wave

[04:04]To heaven of the grave

[04:08]What if there no friends will greet?

[04:11]What if there no hearts will ever meet?

[04:15]Wandering wherso'er he may

[04:24]To find refuge from distress

[04:27]In friendship's smile and in love's caress

[05:05]Many the green isle needs must be

[05:07]In the sea of misery

[05:21]Ay, many flowering islands lie

[05:24]In waters of wide agony

[05:28]To such an island a morning was led

And the dim low line be before

Still recedes ever still

But no power to seek or stun

Can he dream before the day

Or the mariner who's so worn and wan

Never thus could voyage on.

My bark by soft wind's swirls