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