SHIPS
Reading edition
Fair ships, happy and free, Smile on the lonely sea, Only to fade again Into the mist and rain. Ah! me. Thus do bright hopes appear On life's vast ocean drear; Hopes that beguile the mind, And passing leave behind A tear.
Reading edition
Fair ships, happy and free, Smile on the lonely sea, Only to fade again Into the mist and rain. Ah! me. Thus do bright hopes appear On life's vast ocean drear; Hopes that beguile the mind, And passing leave behind A tear.