BeholdTheHour,TheBoat,Arrive

beholdthehour,theboat,arrive

beholdthehour,theboat,arrive!

mydearestnancy,ofareweel!

severedfraethee,canisurvive,

fraetheewhomihaelov'dsaeweel?

endlessanddeepshallbemygrief;

lnaerayofcomfortshallisee,

butthismostprecious,dearbelief,

thatthouwiltstillrememberme!

alangthesolitaryshore

whereflittingsea-fowlroundmecry,

acrosstherolling,dashingroar,

i'llwestwardturnmywishfuleye.

“happythouindiangrove,”i'llsay,

“wherenowmynancy'spathshallbe!

whilethro'yoursweetssheholdsherway,

otellme,doesshemuseonme?”