" DO you think you will hug the shore, Captain, to-day?" Asked a saucy young flirt, with a smile; With crimson flush was dyed her cheek, And over her brow swept the roseate hue, While her eyes revealed in their dancing blue All the lips declined to speak. The captain glanced at the distant shore, And then at the maid awhile -- The shore was distant, and she was near, And the rose-tint deepened, as he said, "Dear, I'll neglect the shore to-day!"' And around her waist crept the captain's hand -- It was so much better than hugging dry land! And he said, glancing over the vessel's bow, "The ship is hugging Cape Hatteras now, But I'll hug the Cape of May." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF THE SINNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO THE ROCK THAT WILL BE A CORNERSTONE OF THE HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS TO MAY HOWARD JACKSON - SCULPTOR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO THE MEMORY OF INEZ MILHOLLAND by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CRANES OF IBYCUS by EMMA LAZARUS |