Oh, do be quick! I’m sick Of standing still. HERO There’s no use getting ill About it. I am with you now; The very first step to Heaven’s inside your brow. Look there, and tell me your most dear desire, For it is surely something you require. [_The shadow shifts to that of a carpenter._] CARPENTER I want something to do. HERO Who are you? CARPENTER I am a good carpenter. HERO How good are you? CARPENTER I had a sense of something due To someone, though I scarce kent who (It might have been myself or maybe you), And so, just at my own expense, I fashioned out of common sense A ship that’s bound to carry me From earth to Heaven, and as far’s I see, Ought to bring God again to me. HERO I have need of you. Show me your ship. [_The shadow of a large fine ship falls across the sea._] She is a very beautiful wide ship. Can you manage her alone? CARPENTER I would be the better of another, to do my bidding in her. HERO Send me your brother. [_The shadow shifts to that of a tracker._] HERO Who are you? TRACKER I am a good tracker. HERO How good are you? TRACKER I do what I am told, I wait and look, Silent, ready to hold. It is not true That I am idle. I am waiting for you. I hook Strange fish upon my individual line. No other hand could take them, they were mine From all eternity, and in the eternal sea They would be lost for ever but for me. HERO You are good enough to take his telling. TRACKER Yes, but the clouds are swelling, You might maybe lend us another man forby To hold the tiller, in case that he and I Are called to the sheets together By a sudden change in the weather. HERO Send me a man off the heather. [_The shadow shifts to that of a gripper._] HERO Who are you? SHADOW I am a good gripper. HERO How good are you? GRIPPER