Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAWAIIAN ISLES, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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HAWAIIAN ISLES, by                    
First Line: Hawaiian isles, like emeralds
Last Line: In their fair land of flowers.
Subject(s): Hawaii; Islands Of The Pacific; Travel; Oceania; Journeys; Trips


Hawaiian Isles, like emeralds,
Are set in sapphire sea,
Where beauty reigns with song and flowers
That live in memory;
There fascinating loveliness
Charms senses into dreams
Wherein there is no commonplace
For earth like Heaven seems.

Ponce de León sought in vain
To find the fount of youth,
In far away Hawaii now
'Tis found in very truth.
The scent of flowers is wafted far,
Across the distant sea;
The strains of sweet "Aloha" come
Across the waves to me.

I hear the ukuleles blend
With whining steel guitars,
I hear Hawaiian voices sing,
Above, I see the stars;
I float in mystic dances as
I gaze in maidens' eyes,
I feel the thrill of passion that
Doth lift me to the skies.

The charming hula-hula dance
And native life I see,
The gentle brown Hawaiian maids
Dance once again for me;
With graceful step lithe bodies move,
While eyes and hands express
The love and passion which they feel
As they the air caress.

"Aloha," sweetly brave hearts sing
When tears at parting flow,
And wreaths of flowers in bondage bind
Our hearts where'er we go.
We part, but we remember still
Those island friends of ours
Who sing "Aloha" as they wait
In their fair land of flowers.





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