WHEN o'er the silent seas alone, For days and nights we ' ve cheerless gone, Oh they who ' ve felt it know how sweet, Some sunny morn a sail to meet. Sparkling at once is every eye, Ship ahoy! our joyful cry; While answering back the sounds we hear, Ship ahoy! what cheer? what cheer? Then sails are backed, we nearer come, Kind words are said of friends and home; And soon, too soon , we part with pain , To sail o'er silent seas again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL by JOHN BYROM THREE GRAINS OF CORN; THE IRISH FAMINE by AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS TELLING THE BEES (A COLONIAL CUSTOM) by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE EDEN BOWER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |