For a Young Girl (verse)
O'Halloran, Elspeth
Cjfior a Young Girl {Drowned while sailing her pleasure boat.) So has the tide of life gone out this day To leave marooned a small and gallant ship Which found the sea so sweet, so blithe and...
...There was that blue, forever out of reach...
...There was so much of ocean that was fair: Birds on quick wing above her pointed mast...
...Elspeth O'Halloran...
...The shore was lovely, too...
...So has the tide of life gone out this day To leave marooned a small and gallant ship Which found the sea so sweet, so blithe and gay...
...The tide has ebbed...
...Which felt upon her prow the sea's salt lip...
...There were so many channels to be run...
...The distant beach Was like a strip of gold against the sun...
...And such elixir in the sparkling air, And such caresses when the wavelets passed...
...How gentle is the sand Cradling a ship which never loved the land...
Vol. 12 • July 1930 • No. 11
