WHEN Cap'n Tom comes home, and his sea chest <br />Is opened, oh, the shells that rainbow foam <br />Tossed on far shores, by us to be possessed <br />When Cap'n Tom comes home! <br />Cocoanuts for which gray, chattering monkeys clomb; <br />Tamarinds, and dates, and luscious sweetmeats pressed <br />Into blue jars of quaint pagoda dome! <br />Canaries, corals, shimmering shawls and, best <br />Of all, keepsakes that on wild seas a-roam <br />He carved from whale's tooth for a village blest <br />When Cap'n Tom comes home!<br /><br />Katharine Lee Bates<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-cap-n-tom-comes-home/
