I would till and tear my heart to bring you home
Follow every revelation known
But thou are lost to me
Body and soul cast across the sea
The earth I could rove and roam
And on bare knees and beating breast
Carve you a byway back home
But thou languish in the depths of the deep
And I have not wits and litany to soften sleep
Will you come back to me?
Lost to sea mists waning memory
Impelled to dash my heart against
The rocks and assail the sea
And dream of ships that cast you back to me
The earth I could rove and roam
And on my bare knees and beating breast
Carve you a byway back home
