...those that mourn In vain; a favourable speed Ruffle thy mirror'd mast, and lead Thro' prosperous floods his holy urn. All night no ruder air perplex Thy sliding...Phosphor, bright As our pure love, thro' early light Sphere all your lights around, above; Sleep, gentle heavens, before the prow; Sleep, gentle winds,...

...rest at sea, beside the undulant body of Hallam. The rocking, lullaby-like cadences of Section 9 - Sleep, gentle heavens, before the prow; Sleep, gentle winds, as he sleeps now return in the closing lines of Section 11, but now chilled by the touch of death. The placid sea sleeps,...