Grey rocks and greyer sea

[anteros_lmc]

Apparently it's National Poetry Day here in the UK. (Is it me, or do these things come around rather frequently?!) Anyway, never mind, it gives me a good excuse to post this rather bitter sweet poem by Canadian poet Charles G. D. Roberts.

Grey rocks and greyer sea

Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
And surf along the shore-
And in my heart a name
My lips shall speak no more.

The high and lonely hills
Endure the darkening year-
And in my heart endure
A memory and a tear.

Across the tide a sail
That tosses, and is gone-
And in my heart the kiss
That longing dreams upon.

Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
And surf along the shore-
And in my heart the face
That I shall see no more.
Bring a tear to a glass eye, so it would :'}