As I gaze upon the blue sea All those pleasant visions haunt me All the old romantic legends, all my dreams They keep coming back to me Like the waves on a shore Where the sand as silver shines Flow its unrhymed lyric lines Unveiling the ocean's secret Till my soul is full of longing I can feel the thrilling pulse That the heart of the ocean Sends through me In each sail that skims the horizon In each landward blowing breeze I behold that stately galley And I hear those mournful melodies I can hear the helmsman chant a mystic song I wish I could learn the secret that it holds Like the waves on a shore Where the sand as silver shines Flow its unrhymed lyric lines Unveiling the ocean's secret Till my soul is full of longing I can feel the thrilling pulse That the heart of the ocean Sends through me I can hear the helmsman chant a mystic song I wish I could learn the secret that it holds Like the waves on a shore Where the sand as silver shines Flow its unrhymed lyric lines Unveiling the ocean's secret Till my soul is full of longing I can feel the thrilling pulse That the heart of the ocean Sends through me