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SouthWind
" SouthWind "
'Twere it surely a wind from sultry hot south~
She which 'twere cause for all this night's play~
That wind which lifted drink to my mouth~
What may this be.... the Devil ye say!
Nay & nay ne'er again~
Shall I sail such dastardly winds~
Ne'er I'll mind nor e'er so when~
That wind which prevails as kin to my sins~
Tossed as a cork in a sea of tumult & fire~
Energy aloft at topmasts & rigging~
Sent helter-skelter willy-nilly so dire~
Thus such wind did so cease to expire~
Further & longer then my ship did so fly~
North to those icelands & into frozen seas~
Faster & swifter she sails by & by~
Into those realms of lost sailor's pleas~
Now does this ice mountain afloat at my bow~
Seek to restrain me from that which must be~
'Twere as though 'twere known well & by all~
My ship & so I... must sail this sea~
'Round swings that needle... her card of no worth~
Southwinds so wishing to speed me along~
'Round my ship sails those regions of warmth's dearth~
Into latitudes from whence springs such thus so strange song~
'Twere it only that wind 'twere cause o'it all~
Might be found that I'd ne'er mind it at all~
Yet innocence ne'er a kindred spirit o'mine~
'Twere truth to be known.... 'tis the Devil pays out my line~
Southwinds do blow now from verily astern~
Gaze as I must now look to the white~
Lost forever those warm breezes I now learn~
Wandering frigid seas so seems now my plight~
Oh how I long for that palm or lemon tree~
Those sands which once warmed me from deep under my keel~
Yet surely I am befuddled by age or this sea~
For ne'er a'fore had I e'er such a feel~
'Tis as 'twere so long long ago~
A time I'd forgotten & forsaken so~
Those days of Southwinds which did across my bows blow~
From whence I had come & should e'er ne'er again go~
SeaWolf
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