O wish that’s vainer than the plash
  Of these wave-whimsies on the shore:
“Give us a pearl to fill the gash—
  God, let our dead friend live once more!”

O wish that’s stronger than the stroke
  Of yelling wave and snapping levin;
“God, lift us o’er the Last Day’s smoke,
  All white, to Thee and her in Heaven!”

O wish that’s swifter than the race
  Of wave and wind in sea and sky;
Let’s take the grave-cloth from her face
  And fall in the grave, and kiss, and die!

Look! High above a glittering calm
  Of sea and sky and kingly sun,
She shines and smiles, and waves a palm—
  And now we wish—Thy will be done!