Beyond the pillars of Heracles Past the ocean's endless leagues The Argonauts first named the stars To built great halls of granite strong And gilt them with meander-riddles! They brought the light inside the dark A flame was lit in far-off lands Where woods hang wild and crawl with brutes To guide them home on waves of the sea To leave a mark for those who read The ancient tongue of brothers lost And seek to be the new Argonauts! Star-maps they carved on mountain sides! O'er the tomb where Atlantis dreams Lost forever in green waters deep Past the place struck by wrath of Gods Greeks sail again like once so long before! The gifts of Argo sowed a field Through mountains, sea and land That yielded forth a crop of Soul And left its mark through eons long! Where ore was mined centuries ago From Gaia's breast by Mycenean lords And Minoans who rode on dolphin-back When no sea was stranger to our kin! On our fortieth day at sea A string of islands we did see And farther yet we glimpsed The Great continent's shores!