These be but men. We may forget  
  The wild sea-king, the tawny brave,  
  The frowning wold, the woody shore,  
  The tall-built, sunburnt men of Mars... But what and who was she, the fair?  
  The fairest face that ever yet  
  Look'd in a wave as in a glass;  
  That look'd as look the still, far stars,  
  So woman-like, into the wave  
  To contemplate their beauty there,  
  Yet look as looking anywhere?
IV, p. 24. - The Ship in the Desert (1875)











