Away We Go

by Walter de la Mare

One, two, three,
And away go we!
Shingle, starfish,
Sand, and sea!
Wind on cheek,
Clear sun on skin;
The tumbling waves
Sweep out, sweep in.

A magic, broken
Music calls
In the water
As it falls;
Voices, a sigh,
A long-drawn hush,
As back - in myriad
Bubbles - gush
The green-grey ripples,
Flecked with snow -
A music solemn,
Sweet, and low.