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<p>Created page with &quot;By <a href="/PCs:Aneirin_Menelaos" title="PCs:Aneirin Menelaos">Aneirin Menelaos</a>&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; I’ve walked th&#039; docks o&#039; Eridanus long,&lt;br&gt; Where th&#039; gulls cry out like a sailor’s song,&lt;br&gt; But no deck calls an&#039; no mast sways&lt;br&gt; Just empty wind an&#039; landbound days.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; I know th&#039; creak o&#039; a timbered hull,&lt;br&gt; The taste o&#039; brine an&#039; a hold near full,&lt;br&gt; But here I stan&#039; with boots in san&#039;,&lt;br&gt; A pirate’s heart in a farmer’s lan&#039;.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Oh th&#039; seas still call, though I cannot go,&lt;br&gt; Through s...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>By [[PCs:Aneirin_Menelaos|Aneirin Menelaos]]&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> I’ve walked th' docks o' Eridanus long,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Where th' gulls cry out like a sailor’s song,&lt;br&gt;<br /> But no deck calls an' no mast sways&lt;br&gt;<br /> Just empty wind an' landbound days.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> I know th' creak o' a timbered hull,&lt;br&gt;<br /> The taste o' brine an' a hold near full,&lt;br&gt;<br /> But here I stan' with boots in san',&lt;br&gt;<br /> A pirate’s heart in a farmer’s lan'.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> Oh th' seas still call, though I cannot go,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Through storm-torn night or a sunset’s glow,&lt;br&gt;<br /> No sail to raise, no helm to command&lt;br&gt;<br /> Just salt in my soul an' dust in my hand.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Aye, th' tide runs free where I cannot be&lt;br&gt;<br /> And that is th' pirate’s lament in me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> I’ve sung o' storms an' a cannon’s cry,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Of ships that raced ‘neath a blackened sky,&lt;br&gt;<br /> But songs are poor for a restless vein&lt;br&gt;<br /> That aches for wind an' th' open main.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> No crew to curse, no rigging to climb,&lt;br&gt;<br /> No bottle passed in th' watchman’s time,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Just quiet roads an' gentle air—&lt;br&gt;<br /> No danger found, no plunder fair.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> Oh th' seas still call, though I cannot go,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Through foam-white rage or th' doldrum’s slow,&lt;br&gt;<br /> No stars to steer, no waves to command—&lt;br&gt;<br /> Just maps in my mind an' dust in my hand.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Aye, th' tide runs free where I cannot be—&lt;br&gt;<br /> And that is th' pirate’s lament in me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> So here I’ll sing in th' inland light,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Of ghosting sails in th' edge o' night,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Till fate or folly, coin or chance,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Returns me to that wild expanse.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> Oh th' seas still call—an' one day I’ll go,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Past th' harbor’s reach an' th' lantern’s glow,&lt;br&gt;<br /> With wind at my back an' fate in my hand—&lt;br&gt;<br /> No longer bound to this quiet land.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Till then I dream o' th' endless sea—&lt;br&gt;<br /> And bear this pirate’s lament in me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Category:Songs|Pirates Lament]] [[Category:Songs by Aneirin Menelaos]]</div>

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