AFTER the Sea-Ship--after the whistling winds; br After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes, br Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks, br Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship: br Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying, br Waves, undulating waves--liquid, uneven, emulous waves, br Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves, br Where the great Vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface; br Larger and smaller waves, in the spread of the ocean, yearnfully br flowing; br The wake of the Sea-Ship, after she passes--flashing and frolicsome, br under the sun, 10 br A motley procession, with many a fleck of foam, and many fragments, br Following the stately and rapid Ship--in the wake following.