OLD SHIP'S
THERE IS A MEMORY STAYS UPON OLD SHIP'S
A WEIGHTLESS CARGO IN THE MUSTY HOLD
OF BRIGHT LAGOON'S AND PROW-CARRESSING LIPS,
OF STORMY MIDNIGHTS,AND THE TALE UNTOLD
THEY HAVE REMEMBERED ISLANDS IN THE DAWN
AND WINDY CAPES THAT TRIES THEIR SPLENDER SPARS,
AND TORTUOUS WHERE THEIR KEELS HAVE GONE.
AND THE CALM BLUE NITES OF STILLNESS AND STARS
AH, NEVER THINK THAT SHIPS FORGET A SHORE,
OR BITTER SEAS,OR WINDS THAT MADE THEM WISE
THERE IS A DREAM UPON THEM,EVERMORE,
AND THERE BE SOME WHO SAY THAT SUNK SHIPS RISE
TO SEEK FAMILIAR HARBORS IN THE NIGHT
BLOWING IN MISTS,THEIR SPECTRAL SAILS LIKE LIGHT
REPRINTED FROM ADVENTURES
(L.W.SINGER CO.INC. 1951)
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