I walk along the ocean strand

And view the misty sea,

I see the gulls come swooping low

I stop and then they flee.

I gaze to seek a vision there

The haze that shows a sight.

My eyes they strain to make the shape

That shimmers with the Light

I try so hard, my soul cries out

In pain, for once I walked

Upon this strand with you my Love

Where we just laughed and talked.

Where are you now, my only Love,

Still here in yesterdays,

Within the memories of my mind

I never will erase.

I never cease to visualize

And hope your image will

Appear before my very eyes

And let my heart then fill,

And see again the face of one

I loved so long ago.

Upon this Quayside I will wait

And hope in turn you’ll know.

That though I’m grey and I am aged

You’ll say, you look the same

And take my hand and say it’s time

To dwell with you again.

And we will rise and with the breeze

Soar on high and roam,

But if to-night you do not come,

Again I will go home.