I have sailed many seas,
I have heard many tongues,
I have seen many lands
In a world that is fair as Heaven,
And foul as the darkest place
I have kept through it all,
As God helped me,
The touch of  your hands;
I have lived many days by the light I last saw on your face
 
I have gathered me gold,
I have gathered me gems,
I have gathered me goods -
Riches and treasures, men call them -
I laugh -
I was rich before....
The memory of  all that you said that Spring day
When we walked in the woods....
Makes me careless of  all my new gains -
Makes me rich evermore
 
I have seen a new grave, I have looked on their tears
I have heard them say  'Death'
They say it is you who died,
And have passed from our hearts away....
God be praised that the soul is a living flame
That dies not out with the breath -
They are wrong, for you live; you are mine.
You spoke to my spirit today!
 

Mrs S Parker, Goole, East Yorkshire