Cornish Lament
Nora Hopper Chesson
1871 to 1906
Track 1
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My door unlatched for you.
I found no words to say,
Fair head, come home to me!"
Only, when lights at sea
Fair head, come home to me.
When the sea took my own,
Dipping my hands therein.
For lover lost to me.
Show boats not dear to me,
Whispering as now I do,
No moan where men could see
Only, when star to star
Fair head, come home to me!
Then to the sea I lean —
Low to the sea — and you,
Meg wept where all might see,
Watching you sail away.
Nay, but I made no moan
Home from the jealous sea,
Gulls cried the livelong day —
Lad, when you sailed away
Door and heart open be —
Long weeks I've watched for you,
"Drowned and dead though you be,
Gleams where the rock-pools are —
"Fair head, come home to me."
Meg cried, "Shame on the sea,
Fair head, come home to me!"
Then am I free to cry.
Up to the watching sky.
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