Poems (Curwen)/In Remembrance of Thomas Felton

by Annie Isabel Curwen

In Remembrance of Thomas Felton.

Drowned June 20th, 1896.

Throughout the long and stormy day,
 His arduous task he safely plied;
Then as the dusk crept o'er the bay,
 God called him to the "other side."

All the day long, from early morn,
 He sailed his boat on the surging sea,
And then at eventide was borne,
 By the ebbing tide, to Eternity.

Under the lee of the Castle old,
 He strove to loosen his reefed sail;
He was tired, hungry, weary, and cold,
 When he heard the Great Commander's hail.

What did he answer? Who can tell?
 The sobbing sea gave back no sound,
But I fancy I hear him say "All's well!"
 Tell mother I am "Homeward Bound."