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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOSTALGIA, by WILLIAM JACOB SANDS
First Line: As shipwrecked sailor on some sunny isle
Last Line: That blessed hope he must forever cherish.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
First Line: As shipwrecked sailor on some sunny isle
Last Line: That blessed hope he must forever cherish.
Subject(s): Nostalgia
As shipwrecked sailor on some sunny isle
Where spicy zephyrs waft the breath of spring,
Where bell-toned songbirds Easter music sing,
Where nature, always at her best, doth smile;
Where dark-eyed maidens with a perfect grace
Bind him with garlands of Aloa's charm, --
Their beauteous symmetry of neck and arm,
With goddess-figure and with angel-face
May soothe him for a day -- as night draws near
And moonlight silvers every dancing wave,
He sighs for rest 'neath Yarmouth's pines so brave,
To feel once more in his -- that hand so dear.
Though years may intervene, yet cannot perish
That blessed hope he must forever cherish.
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