30.09.2007, 14:20
DRAW ANCHOR
So much beauty have I seen on earth,
So much to marvel over and admire;
Yet each new sight but bred a new desire
To stray still farther from the quiet hearth.
My hand in yours, we spanned our planet's girth;
From Alpine summits, looked on summits higher;
Saw fierce Stromboli set the night on fire;
In fair Ceylon, saw dawn's exquisite birth.
Now am I stirred with mightier unrest
For longer journeys than old I knew.
I would set forth upon that final quest ---
That Large Adventure which has come to you.
Somewhere you wait to show new worlds to me.
Pilot! draw anchor! let my soul go free!
So much beauty have I seen on earth,
So much to marvel over and admire;
Yet each new sight but bred a new desire
To stray still farther from the quiet hearth.
My hand in yours, we spanned our planet's girth;
From Alpine summits, looked on summits higher;
Saw fierce Stromboli set the night on fire;
In fair Ceylon, saw dawn's exquisite birth.
Now am I stirred with mightier unrest
For longer journeys than old I knew.
I would set forth upon that final quest ---
That Large Adventure which has come to you.
Somewhere you wait to show new worlds to me.
Pilot! draw anchor! let my soul go free!