Night Song for the Sea

There may be brighter stars in some sky shining, I cannot tell; yet this I know and sure, There is no star in all the heavens repining For such a one as I in thee adore.

There may be fairer hills beyond far ocean Where shadows rest beside the ancient trees; But there’s no heart moved by such rapt devotion As that which beats this side the homeland seas.

My Love, the eve is young and you, enchanting; Nor has the earth beheld such night before, As though the skies and seas were joined in granting This bliss of ours by Carolina’s shore.