Summary: With such a well of inspiration from which to draw, one could imagine them putting pen to paper on occasion. Ben’s “Journey to the Sea” is an homage to his three wives; “Girl in the Moonlight” was composed by Adam.
Category: Poetry, Bonanza
Genre: Western, Rhyme
Rated: G
Word Count: 290
JOURNEY TO THE SEA
My love is a happy harbor
An Eden by the sea
With moorings deep and sturdy
She firmly anchors me
My love is a lighthouse beacon
To guide me in the storm
A lifeline to a sheltered port
Where I am safe and warm
My love is a rolling river
Disappearing ’round the bend
What lies beyond, a mystery
Whispered on the wind
My love is an endless ocean
Tempestuous and wild
Beneath the swell of crashing waves
I tremble like a child
Mercurial and fathomless
She holds me with her spell
Steals my breath with just one kiss
And drown I might as well
Then with a mother’s tenderness
She leads me to the shore
I see my future in her eyes
And I am home once more.
Ben Cartwright , 1841
GIRL IN THE MOONLIGHT
There is a girl both young and fair
As sweet and lovely as can be
A rosebud on the brink of bloom
Wise in ways she cannot see
So brightly shines her tender light
It shames the stars from whence she came
Heaven’s gift, by Love and Grace,
Where all the angels know her name
The moon falls softly on her face
And rings a halo ’round her hair
A moment, soon a memory
Would that I could keep her there
Her laughter is my soul’s delight
And at her smile my heart can break
Unknowingly, she passes by
Leaving stardust in her wake
Adam Cartwright, 1857
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