Drowsy the Waves + 

Drowsy the waves and dim the sky, + 

Across the shore and far away, + 

Like drunken things the rushes sway + 

Without a wind. O God on high, + 

Is it decreed that longer yet + 

Within this lockless prison set, + 

Beside this sea that profits naught, + 

I am to languish? Answering not, + 

Like to a living thing, the grain + 

Sways mute and yellowing on the plain; + 

No tidings will it let me hear, + 

And none besides to give me ear. + 