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I. When first we met (the Sea and I), / Like one before a King, / I stood in awe; nor felt nor saw / The sun, the winds, the earth, the sky / Or any other thing. / God's Universe, to me, / Was just the Sea.
When next we met, the lordly Main / Played but a courtier's part; / Crowned Queen was I; and earth and sky, / And sun and sea were my domain, / Since love was in my heart. / Before, beyond, above, / Was only Love.