Saw we were linked by longings for the shining shell-strewn bars.

For the realms reserved for rovers, for the rafts and painted signs,

And the right to moor to ring-heads in the far-off border lines.


THE VACANT LOT

They’re going to build a flathouse on the lot next door to me;

And Roger Jones, the janitor’s boy, is mad as he can be.

That lot was like a tropic isle, with weeds and rubbish fair,

The rusty cans and coffee pots, that looked like Roger’s hair.