HER LETTER TO HER SAILOR LOVE.
IMv own beloved, the day is lons, The niijht comes lone and drear, And s;ui the music of my sonfc Since them no more art here. Thoughts drift to tliee, my darling one, A ci oss tho distant sea, "Whilst u outlet* riaofh,nrt thou, love, Forlorn and lost like me ? When stormy w inds blow loud and strong. Ami moans the mighty s>ea, IWy poor heart bleeds in sorrow long With anxious care for thee. Tis tlien to God I bend in prayer To e.ilin the waves mul storm ; To brim? you to a haven fair, And save my love from harm. Speed on the way, my own sweet one, And hasto theo back to mo, Vov I shall be but mul and lone Till lile is shared with theo.
His Riti'LY Star of n y love, Ihoxi art most dear In all tho world to me. To m> fond heart who knows how near, jMy love, I lovo but thee. Thoiwh llio wild tempests fierce y blow. And moans tho surging sea. My soul is stormlcss. Tor 1 know That I am loved by thee. How blest to feel that One- above Keeps watch o'er thee and me, And sweet ir. is to know, my love. That all is well with tliee. (Jod spare us, lass, and haste the time When you and 1 .shall bo Joined hand in hand by rite Divine, My life at one with thee. Yet now, farewell, Ibis tress of hair. Thy gut, I greet my own. Is it a d roan i .' Hay thou art there, And 1 no more a one. X G. Legkr<EK6oN.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2
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278HER LETTER TO HER SAILOR LOVE. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2
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