by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

I have a little husband
Language: English 
I have a little husband
  And he is gone to sea,
The winds that whistle round his ship
  Fly home to me.

The winds that sigh about me
  Return again to him;
So I would fly, if only I
  Were light of limb.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
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