 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
THE CAPTIVE ROVER.
One morn, as fiercely blew the blast,
Amid the breakers' roar,
A rover came, and fearless, cast
His grapling on the shore;
But the rover, too, was grappled there,
A captive soon was he;
For he saw and lov'd a maiden fair
Who dwelt beside the sea.
Amid the breakers' roar,
A rover came, and fearless, cast
His grapling on the shore;
But the rover, too, was grappled there,
A captive soon was he;
For he saw and lov'd a maiden fair
Who dwelt beside the sea.
They woo'd and wed, and years soon fled,
And when a baby's smile
Was beaming in the rover's face,
He seem'd so sad the while;
He thought upon his sinless child,
And looked across the sea—
For he feared the day a rover wild
His baby boy should be.
And when a baby's smile
Was beaming in the rover's face,
He seem'd so sad the while;
He thought upon his sinless child,
And looked across the sea—
For he feared the day a rover wild
His baby boy should be.
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He kiss'd the child, and gave it back
Into its mother's arms;
“One other cruise,” he said, “and then
Farewell to guilt's alarms!”
He call'd his band—he piped each hand;
His sail swept far from shore:
But storm or strife bereft the wife—
The rover came no more.
Into its mother's arms;
“One other cruise,” he said, “and then
Farewell to guilt's alarms!”
He call'd his band—he piped each hand;
His sail swept far from shore:
But storm or strife bereft the wife—
The rover came no more.
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |