I can put together some of the other quotes and stuff, but I thought maybe that you would like the imagery of this one:
The seagulls of summer have flown The sailors have wintered their boats Come sit by the fire And tell me your secrets Love isn't kept easily
The windows are shuttered and closed Blankets to keep out the cold But you are still restless Your heart is enchanted Drifting away from me
And is she beautiful She must be pretty or worse To ride the high seas She must be beautiful White linen sails That have captured your vagrant breeze Singing her siren song Luring you far from the harbor And into the gales She must be beautiful So beautiful To have stolen the wind from my sails
Casting your dreams out to sea Will you remember me As years go by Slipped with the tide It was I who set you free
And is she beautiful She must be pretty or worse To ride the high seas She must be beautiful White linen sails That have captured your vagrant breeze Singing her siren song Luring you far from the harbor And into the gales She must be beautiful So beautiful To have stolen the wind from my sails So beautiful To have stolen the wind from my sails
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The seagulls of summer have flown
The sailors have wintered their boats
Come sit by the fire
And tell me your secrets
Love isn't kept easily
The windows are shuttered and closed
Blankets to keep out the cold
But you are still restless
Your heart is enchanted
Drifting away from me
And is she beautiful
She must be pretty or worse
To ride the high seas
She must be beautiful
White linen sails
That have captured your vagrant breeze
Singing her siren song
Luring you far from the harbor
And into the gales
She must be beautiful
So beautiful
To have stolen the wind from my sails
Casting your dreams out to sea
Will you remember me
As years go by
Slipped with the tide
It was I who set you free
And is she beautiful
She must be pretty or worse
To ride the high seas
She must be beautiful
White linen sails
That have captured your vagrant breeze
Singing her siren song
Luring you far from the harbor
And into the gales
She must be beautiful
So beautiful
To have stolen the wind from my sails
So beautiful
To have stolen the wind from my sails
~Janis Ian, "She Must Be Beautiful"