The Sea and the Jungle

There’s a camp in the jungle — The blaze of a fire so bright, But darkness falls too quickly, And you cannot see the light.

The sea comes creeping softly — Great dunes rise in the night. With the sky and the stars winking, The death of the sun is sight.

My time is a dream —’tis folly, In the tongue of our dawning years, But peace is about the corner, In the heart of the wild—no fears!

• Rudyard Kipling