{"id":15958,"date":"2018-02-07T13:38:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=15958"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:36:56","slug":"the-poetry-of-ben-and-adam-cartwright-by-jc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=15958","title":{"rendered":"The Poetry of Ben and Adam Cartwright (by JC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary:\u00a0 <\/strong>With such a well of inspiration from which to draw, one could imagine them putting pen to paper on occasion.\u00a0 Ben&#8217;s &#8220;Journey to the Sea&#8221; is an homage to his three wives; &#8220;Girl in the Moonlight&#8221; was composed by Adam.<\/p>\n<p>Rating K+\u00a0 (WC 290)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOURNEY TO THE SEA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My love is a happy harbor<\/p>\n<p>An Eden by the sea<\/p>\n<p>With moorings deep and sturdy<\/p>\n<p>She firmly anchors me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My love is a lighthouse beacon<\/p>\n<p>To guide me in the storm<\/p>\n<p>A lifeline to a sheltered port<\/p>\n<p>Where I am safe and warm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My love is a rolling river<\/p>\n<p>Disappearing &#8217;round the bend<\/p>\n<p>What lies beyond, a mystery<\/p>\n<p>Whispered on the wind<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My love is an endless ocean<\/p>\n<p>Tempestuous and wild<\/p>\n<p>Beneath the swell of crashing waves<\/p>\n<p>I tremble like a child<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mercurial and fathomless<\/p>\n<p>She holds me with her spell<\/p>\n<p>Steals my breath with just one kiss<\/p>\n<p>And drown I might as well<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then with a mother\u2019s tenderness<\/p>\n<p>She leads me to the shore<\/p>\n<p>I see my future in her eyes<\/p>\n<p>And I am home once more<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>B<\/em><em>en Cartwright ,\u00a0 1841<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIRL IN THE MOONLIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a girl both young and fair<\/p>\n<p>As sweet and lovely as can be<\/p>\n<p>A rosebud on the brink of bloom<\/p>\n<p>Wise in ways she cannot see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So brightly shines her tender light<\/p>\n<p>It shames the stars from whence she came<\/p>\n<p>Heaven&#8217;s gift, by Love and Grace<\/p>\n<p>Where all the angels know her name<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The moon falls softly on her face<\/p>\n<p>And rings a halo &#8217;round her hair<\/p>\n<p>A moment, soon a memory<\/p>\n<p>Would that I could keep her there<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her laughter is my soul&#8217;s delight<\/p>\n<p>And at her smile my heart can break<\/p>\n<p>Unknowingly, she passes by<\/p>\n<p>Leaving stardust in her wake<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam Cartwright, 1857<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tags:\u00a0 Adam Cartwright,\u00a0Ben Cartwright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:\u00a0 With such a well of inspiration from which to draw, one could imagine them putting pen to paper on occasion.\u00a0 Ben&#8217;s &#8220;Journey to the Sea&#8221; is an homage to his three wives; &#8220;Girl in the Moonlight&#8221; was composed by Adam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rating K+ (WC 290)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10253,"featured_media":13015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-full-width-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1016,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adam-pa","category-poetry","wpcat-1016-id","wpcat-9-id"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":931,"today_views":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ben-and-Adam-1.png?fit=629%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36440,"url":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=36440","url_meta":{"origin":15958,"position":0},"title":"The Maiden With the Chestnut Hair (by Annie K Cowgirl)","author":"Annie K Cowgirl","date":"May 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary: The captain's daughter as seen through the eyes of a young, handsome sailor. 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