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For the Companion.
Sailing and ever sailing—all seas, and into every port,
or out upon the offing,
Saluting, cheerily hailing each mate I met, little or big,
"Ship ahoy!" thro' trumpet or by voice—from me some
friendly merry word at least,
For companionship and good-will to all and each.
WALT WHITMAN.
SHIP AHOY!
In dreams I was a ship, and sail'd the boundless seas,Sailing and ever sailing—all seas, and into every port,
or out upon the offing,
Saluting, cheerily hailing each mate I met, little or big,
"Ship ahoy!" thro' trumpet or by voice—from me some
friendly merry word at least,
For companionship and good-will to all and each.
WALT WHITMAN.
Publication Information
"Ship Ahoy!."
Youth's Companion
(12 March 1891):
152.
Reprinted in Good-bye My Fancy (1891).
Whitman Archive ID
per.00037