A Wanderer's Song

[verse 1] A weariness of hours, a lonely plight, Where time's swift river fades into the night. To seek the village, where the markets gleam, And hear the music, like a fleeting dream. [verse 2] To watch the great ships, shadows on the bay, And trade a trifle, as the hours decay. When the sunset paints the heavens high, A vast cathedral, 'neath a burning sky. [Chorus] Where earth and heaven in a glory blend, And all are brothers, till the journey's end. Though poor and solitary, by the wave, A fire I kindle, where the wild winds rave [verse 3] And as the darkness veils the ocean's face, I seek my slumber in that grassy space. To dream the visions that the dreamers knew, The wind, the sea, the star, forever true. [verse 4] I am the echo of the rolling main, A shadow fleeting, in the sunlit rain. A soul unburdened, wandering ever free, I am the all, the none, eternity. [Chorus] Where earth and heaven in a glory blend, And all are brothers, till the journey's end. Though poor and solitary, by the wave, A fire I kindle, where the wild winds rave.