Adrienne Rich - Hotel lyrics

I dreamed the Finnish Hotel founded by
Finns in an olden time
It was in New York had been there a long time
Finnish sea-captains had stayed there
In their time
It had fallen on one then another bad time
Now restored it wished to be or
Seem of the olden time
The Finnish Hotel founded by Finns
In an olden time

There was a perpendicular lighted
Sign along it's spine:
THE FINNISH HOTEL and on the desk aligned
Two lamps like white globes and a blond
Wood lounge with curved chairs
And a bar beyond
Serving a clear icy liquor of which
The captains had been fond
Reputedly in the olden time

In the Finnish Hotel I slept on
A mattress stuffed with straw
After drinking with a Finnish captain
Who regarded me with awe
Saying, Woman who could put away
That much I never saw
But, I did not lie with him on the mattress
His major flaw
Being he was a phantom of the olden time
And I a woman still almost in my prime

Dreaming the Finnish Hotel founded by
Finns in the olden time