ME - Maine

Captain Headed Home Again - Vivian Richman

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The captain headed home again
This time a priceless quarry
He brought upon the coast of Maine 
A foreign bride to marry 

He built for her a mansion great adorned with splendid treasure
He sealed it with an iron gate and locked it on his pleasure
For countless days he knew a web of labyrinthian charms
On counted nights the flow and ebb of incandescent arms

Until he woke to find the dawn imperatively bright
And knew that soon he must be gone to sail the ocean wide
Twas then he told her not to fear, when I put out to sea
Open the gate but once a year, let no one in but me

When will you come again my love? How shall I know it’s you?
When seagull flees the summer dove, when roses shed their dew
When summer puts its golden crown upon the wedded shore
When sails of dragon broad bear down I will be home once more

She saw him to his ship below and when the tide was high
With full-rigged gear and heaving bow his vessels manned the sky
That solemn pledge his pilot light went to the deep with him
And every year at summer’s tide she let a stranger in