Classic Poem

1

Over the sea at sunset
I heard sweet music ring,
And I saw a white yacht sailing,
And I heard a fair crew sing:
Bravehearts! Sweethearts!
We sail the Wanton Yacht;
And anywhere and everywhere
That's far away and faint and fair
Is the goal of the Wanton Yacht;
Yo ho!
For the goal of the Wanton Yacht!

2

Long I heard entrancing
Strains that came to me
Out of the deepening twilight,
Over the purple sea:
Bravehearts! Sweethearts!
We sail the Wanton Yacht,
Free as the wave and the careless breeze,
With only our hearts, Sweethearts, to please,
On the deck of the Wanton Yacht,
Yo ho!
For the deck of the Wanton Yacht!

3

Blue of the summer evening,
Dark like a sapphire stone,
And the Yacht was hid in the gloaming
As I sang by the sea alone:
Bravehearts! Sweethearts!
Sail on in the Wanton Yacht!
And would that I were with you this night! —
With youth and love and the loose delight
Of life on the Wanton Yacht —
Yo ho!
For life on the Wanton Yacht!