<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578571" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Sunshine Boys</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Passages</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Sunshine Boys<br>' A Landlubber's Lament'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Opus 73</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, how he yearned for the sunshine boys.<br>And, the days he was young and free.<br>When he was captivated by the joy, <br>Of shipping off to sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ocean's pull was the chance to see<br>Those things he never saw.<br>To be those things, he shouldn't be; <br>To laugh at the land and the law.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A carefree time, with the sunshine dwelt<br>On decks against the waves.<br>He stared into the face of hell, <br>And laughed, and said. 'I'm brave.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No time in life was he so free, <br>Yet never more restricted.<br>As fighter, drinker, lover, he<br>Could have his fate predicted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those times were spent with the sunshine boys, <br>Who ventured far from home; <br>Who greatest efforts did employ, <br>To conquer wind and foam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sunshine boys found a challenge there, <br>At sea, to become men.<br>To know, nothing on this earth compares, <br>With the ocean's hold on them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, now that he has landed here, <br>He longs for the sunshine, then, <br>And the chance to overcome his fears, <br>By sailing off again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poem is dedicated to all those 'sunshine boys'*, who became men, by 'Going down to the sea in ships.'<br>*Sunshine boys are deck hands on a carrier, who take rests between launching planes by stretching out on the deck in the sunshine and catching short naps.<br>Steven B. Taylor</div><div style="margin:10px 0">November 25,1997</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+B.+Taylor">Steven B. Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578571" data-title="The Sunshine Boys de Steven B. Taylor" data-description="Passages The Sunshine Boys ' A Landlubber's Lament' Opus 73 Oh, how he yearned for the sunshine boys. And, the days he was young and free. When he was captivated by the joy, Of shipping off to sea. The ocean's pull was the chance to see Those..."></div> </div> </div>

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