A SONG FOR MARGARET
MIDHURST
God send the sea sorrow
And all men that sail thorough.
And all men that sail thorough.
God give the wild sea woe,
And all ships that therein go.
And all ships that therein go.
My love went out with dawn's light;
He went down ere it was night.
He went down ere it was night.
God give no live man good
That sails over the sea's flood.
That sails over the sea's flood.
God give all live men teen
That sail over the waves green,
That sail over the waves green,
God send for my love's sake
All their lovers' hearts break.
All their lovers' hearts break.
Many sails went over sea;
One took my heart from me.
One took my heart from me.
All they, saving one,
Came in landward under the sun.
Came in landward under the sun.
Many sails stood in from sea;
One twinned my heart and me.
One twinned my heart and me.
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