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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAILORWIFE, by VIRGINIA KEATING ORTON
First Line: Orchid and green and the may winds blowing
Last Line: And the lonely years for allan and me.
Subject(s): Marriage; Solitude; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Loneliness
First Line: Orchid and green and the may winds blowing
Last Line: And the lonely years for allan and me.
Subject(s): Marriage; Solitude; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Loneliness
Orchid and green and the May winds blowing;
A white ship in from sea:
Springtime and hope through my wild heart flowing.
And black-eyed Allan brought to me.
Junetime and moonlight and youth's first madness;
Love in our eyes that all could see:
A sense of sudden bitter sadness
At thought of Allan going back to sea.
Summer and roses and church bells pealing;
Trembling hush at the joys to be:
Two of us there on the white bench kneeling,
And Allan's ring on the hand of me.
Purple and gold and the wild winds blowing;
Always a ship going back to sea:
Youth and joy and romance going
Out of the heart of me...
Winter and cold—the black sea foaming;
And the lonely years for Allan and me.
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