Here, Sailor!
by Walt Whitman
· 1867
Published 01/07/1867
WHAT ship, puzzled at sea, cons for the true reckon-ingreckoning?
Or, coming in, to avoid the bars, and follow the chan-nelchannel, a perfect pilot needs?
Here, sailor! Here, ship! take aboard the most perfect pilot,
Whom, in a little boat, putting off, and rowing, I, hailing you, offer.