From the primeval times To the great expanse of fallen In the infinite, in the far Outstretching spaces Ride the sign as water-mother Towards the east, and also southward Towards the west, and also northward The sea in all directions In a solitude of ethereal From the East in fierceness Whips the ocean into surges Strikes the stars with sprays of weeping Union now of force and beauty Sink the storm-winds into slumber Play the forces of the Northland Till at last in full conception Ride the sign as water-mother Towards the east, and also southward Towards the west, and also northward The sea in all directions