Rose by the Sea`
Rose by the Sea
Somewhere faraway on a cliff overlooking the sea
Stands a small cottage of simple beauty
There, resides a beautiful young maiden
Who, early each morn, rises with the sun,
Casting open the shutters to gaze out over the sea,
As she steps to her stove to brew a pot of tea,
A gentle seabreeze wanders in from the shore,
Stopping to visit the fair maiden, it raps at her door.
"Rose'" The breeze whispers softly in her ear,
"Come away with me, come to the sea,
"Your aching heart, shall heal there.
"You shall fnd love, someone who will care."
Rose, once in love,with a sailor, young and shy
Who lived in the small fishing village nearby.
Planning to marry and live in that cottage
On the cliff, so high, overlooking the sea.
But, alas, that love was just not meant to be.
A storm brewed two short days before they wed
Taunted by that same breeze, it raised its evil head
The boat with it's crew disappeared in that storm
Leaving young wives and lovers forever to mourn..
As the years pass and our Rose withers as roses do,
There came a day late in Autumn, that was way past due.
After many years of wandering lost, out on the lonely sea
A phontom ship came staggereing into harbor, finally free.
The gentle breeze still enamored of Rose
Again blew itself across her door.
"Rose, " it whispered softly in her ear
Wanting to sea his love once more.
But, Rose had grown much wiser
in their many years apart
Now she was not so eager,
To give away her yearning heart
Starting with a love so meager
Yet to send him away would be cruel
Knowing no man wanted to play the fool,
Rose told him of another suitor,
Keeping secret that it was the wind.
Though feeling he had lost his amour,
Now a seasoned sailor,he professed his undying favor
That still tortured his heart for being away so long.
On bended knee, swore his love for no other.
A pleasant ending, it is true , it happens to so few.
The lovers still wed on the day they had chosen.
Just 40 years later, and as expected, the seabreeze,
Came uninvited, but left without making a stew.
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