Diver and Voyager

"VOYAGER, hast thou ever been downwhere thy boat glides now,To the roots of the jagged rocks that frownO'er a death-white brow?

"To the wasted gems that slip awayFrom the mocking wave,Where the shark and swordfish grimly playRound the sailor's grave?"

"No, diver, no! but thy pearls I wear,As my boat sways here.Thou hast told of the rock in ambush, thereNever need I steer.

"And because I know that the traitor waveMust restore the dead,While I sail to port o'er the shipwrecked brave,I can feel no dread."

"Light voyager, 't is of humanityThat I tell my tale.""Pale diver, that is the same bright seaOver which I sail."