Vasiliki Bouras

Currently reading, "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick. A non fiction book about the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

I came across this wonderful poem that Eliza Brock recorded in her journal in what she calls "Nantucket Girl's Song".

I'm sharing this in my profile because this poem I can relate to on so many levels:

Then I'll haste to wed a sailor, and send him off to sea.

For a life of independence, is the pleasant life for me.

But every now and then I shall like to see his face,

For it alway's seems to me to beam with manly grace,

With his brow so nobly open, and his dark and kindly eye,

Oh my heart beats fondly towards him whenever he is nigh,

But when he says "Goodbye my love, I'm off across the sea,"

First I cry for his departure, then laugh because I'm free.