Frank Halliwell, The Spirit of the Lake</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=25.htm>Frank Halliwell</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>The Spirit of the Lake</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>The herald of the dawn glows faintly in the eastern sky<br> A lonely Loon is softly calling me.<br> From far out on the sleeping lake, I hear the haunting cry.<br> And hear the echoes race from tree to tree.<br> And down below the mirror that reflects the morning sky<br> The hungry pike and pickerel lie in wait<br> For a small, unwary breakfast, that might come swimming by<br> Not suspecting the impending hand of fate!<br> Across the shining surface drifts the flimsy, misty shawl<br> That will vanish as the day begins to break.<br> The sleeping world is stirring now in answer to the call<br> Of the tiny Loon, ..the Spirit of the Lake.<br> But that was sixty years ago I heard that little bird,<br> Most daydreams fade so quickly when you wake,<br> This one is just as vivid as the first day that I heard<br> That sad lament out on the darkened lake!<br> I made my choices years ago to seek a place unseen<br> Where blighted life might be renewed for me,<br> A land beneath the waving palms, where snow is never seen,<br> Just golden beaches and the bright blue sea.<br> The tang of pine and cedar are but distant memories<br> Held in a place that's known at times to ache,<br> And even yet, ten thousand miles across the trackless sea He calls me still!<br> The Spirit of the Lake.</b></font> </blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>