BeholdTheHour,TheBoatArrive

beholdthehour,theboatarrive

beholdthehour,theboatarrive;

thougoest,thedarlingofmyheart;

sever'dfromthee,canisurvive,

butfatehaswill'dandwemustpart.

i'lloftengreetthesurgingswell,

yondistantislewilloftenhail:

“e'enhereitookthelastfarewell;

there,latestmark'dhervanish'dsail.”

alongthesolitaryshore,

whileflittingsea-fowlroundmecry,

acrosstherolling,dashingroar,

i'llwestwardturnmywistfuleye:

“happythouindiangrove,”i'llsay,

“wherenowmynancy'spathmaybe!

whilethro'thysweetsshelovestostray,

otellme,doesshemuseonme!”