THE SEAMAN'S LADY AT HER PRAYERS
I pray that he will come to me
When cold midwinter sighs
Over fields and over streams
And through the brooding skies
When ice has stilled the mirror pond
And frost has rimed the grass
I pray my love return to me, at last.
Deal gently with my daydreams
Oh Captain of the sky
Let me hope an hour that
My love will, by and by
Come to me in winter
When the snow is drifting deep
Let me hope until I fall
Asleep.
I pray that he will come to me
When spring has cracked the ice
And when the strains of daffodils
In meadows do entice
When the blush of blossom
Smiles amid the apple trees
Oh, my darling set my heart at ease.
Deal gently with my daydreams
Oh Captain of the sea
Let me hope a moment
That my love will come to me
Sailing from the distant climes
(He’s half a year away)
Let me hope a little while
I pray.
And if my prayer’s unanswered
When summer’s on the rise
When buttercups do rim the lane
In glowing gold surprise;
Or when the leaves of autumn
Their russet carpets make
Then my lonely loving heart will break.
Deal gently with my daydreams
Oh Captain of the air
Let me hope a second
Lead me not into despair
Keep me from the sorrow
That will be a widow’s dole
Bring him safely home to warm
my soul.
Deal gently with my daydreams
Oh Captain of the Earth
Bring him home before his baby’s birth
The Clansman's Words to his Love
The Courtship of Kate and Will.
The Knight's Lady Weeps For Shame
The Seaman's Lady at her Prayers
The Widow's Song
