Hag's Head

 

The hag looks over the ocean,

Her face a graft of stone;

The hag looks over the ocean,

Intransigent, alone.

The hag looks over the ocean 

For a glimpse of brighter days.

The hag looks over the ocean 

Into a sunset blaze;

The hag looks over the ocean 

When mist has claimed the world;

The hag looks over the ocean 

When star-maps lie unfurled;

The hag looks over the ocean

For a thousand thousand years;

The sea replies with motion,

And the hag replies with tears.