Offing

offing: [aw-fing] noun the part of the deep sea seen from the shore.


I am fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.

There's a schooner in the offing,
With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her
For the Islands of Desire.
----Richard Hovey
The Sea Gypsy