Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="SEA_HUNGER" id="SEA_HUNGER"></SPAN>Sea Hunger</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">I</span>’VE languished under many moons<br/></span> <span class="ih">And loved them all. Ah me!<br/></span> <span class="i0">But now my heart is filled too full<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of hunger for the sea.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When thinking of the white gulls<br/></span> <span class="i2">That ride the creamy foam,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I almost hear the brave winds<br/></span> <span class="i2">O’er singing seas at home.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And when I think of white mists<br/></span> <span class="i2">That rise from shore to shore,<br/></span> <span class="i0">In utter weariness I weep<br/></span> <span class="i2">But cannot see them more.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And some day when I leave my dreams<br/></span> <span class="i2">These tides in which I’ve striven,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I’ll lock their memories in my breast<br/></span> <span class="i2">And carry them to heaven.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_47" id="page_47">{47}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />