Living

Coming

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Two fair ships are sailing,
Sailing over the sea,--
Willie's ship and my ship--
Full as full can be;
Side by side, my Willie says,
Like as pin to pin.
Oh, the happy, happy days
When our ships come in!
While our ships are sailing,
Sailing over the sea,--
Willie's ship and my ship,--
Full as full can be,
Sailing on the sunny tide,
Grieving would be sin:
Soon or late, and side by side,
Shall our ships come in.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Coming.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/93/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Coming.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/93/.

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