A pearly boat am I,
From Silver Crag I hail,
Wrought of the sea and sky,
Freighted with moonbeams pale.
I hoist my purple sails
To catch the starbeam's gold,
And furl them in the gales
The sun blows overbold.
Rainbows and flying tints,
The sunset's crimson glow,
A thousand gleams and glints
All day do come and go.
But as the silver moon
Rolls up the breathless blue,
And all the stars in swoon
Are hidden from my view,
I ope my hatches wide
And lade with pearl and sheen,
To deck my home-bound bride,
The Basin's peerless queen.