Kipling's text was put to music by Peter Bellamy. There are a couple of lines that I don't quite understand;

"We have strawed our best to the weeds unrest" Or at least that is how the words appear in the DT. I'm not quite clear on using straw as a verb. I thought from listening to a recording, that it was "the wave's unrest".

"From the Dulcies to the Swin". I imagine these are geographical locations?

"Where the ghastly blue lights flare" Would those be signals of distress?

I entered "Kipling" in the search to find the song. Any help is greatly apperciated.

Margarita