High in the ivory tower she sees
the dark, cloudy forboading seas.
With the moon high in the sky,
where the darkning shadows lie.
She watches a ship draw nearer the shore -
and as she watches, she wonders once more:
If her love is returning to take her away,
back to where there are brighter days.
Where they can be together at last
and feel their hearts beating fast
As they hold each other tight,
into the long hours of the night.
Then she sees -- with tears in her eyes --
that the ship is small in size.
It cannot belong to her prince,
and that knowledge makes her wince.
Then she looks into the sky,
where