I'SE bin watchin' long fer de Good Ship, De Good Ship de Lo'd sent ter me; An' it 'pears dat hit's had a long voyage Crossin' life's troublesome sea. I'se spected it 'long in de moh'nin', When nary a sail was in sight, An' I 'se looked fer it 'long about noonday, 'N watched fer it way in de night. Till I cast my eye ovah de boun 'less Ole ocean, an' what did I see? Off der in de hush ob de distance De Good Ship a-comin' to me. So I laid my haid down on my pillow, Fo'gettin' life's worry an' sin; An' when I awoke in de moh'nin', My Good Ship had done got in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: SONG. AIR 16: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY by JOHN GAY STILL FALLS THE RAIN; THE RAIDS, 1940. NIGHT AND DAWN by EDITH SITWELL THE TABLES TURNED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE LAST MAN: RAIN by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES ASPIRATIONS: 1 by MATHILDE BLIND LOVE'S WAYFARING by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |