Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GLEN GILDER, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER


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First Line: How curves the little river through glen gilder, o glen
Last Line: Or whispering lovers walking in glen gilder?
Subject(s): Nature; New Jersey; Towns


How curves the little river through Glen Gilder, O Glen Gilder;
Now it runs and now it rushes, now it sings and now it hushes
O'er the rocks and by the brushes in Glen Gilder.

All music is the river in Glen Gilder, O Glen Gilder;
It sounds like wild birds singing, and it chimes like bells a-ringing --
Birds, too, their songs are flinging in Glen Gilder.

O mighty are the willows of Glen Gilder, of Glen Gilder;
Cool the air and cool the waters 'neath the giant spreading shadows,
And beyond wide sweep the meadows from Glen Gilder.

O, there's life and fun and frolic in Glen Gilder, in Glen Gilder;
And near the men are haying, and here the cows are straying,
And the lambs and colts are playing in Glen Gilder.

Spring and autumn bring a change to fair Glen Gilder, O Glen Gilder;
Above the banks and under come the freshet's rage and thunder,
And men look with awe and wonder on Glen Gilder.

O, white the world of winter in Glen Gilder, in Glen Gilder;
'Neath ice the waves are creeping, or down in dark pools sleeping,
Or with sound of sleigh-bells leaping in Glen Gilder.

O, beautiful the morning in Glen Gilder, in Glen Gilder;
But, O, most dear and tender when blooms the sunset splendor,
At dying day's surrender in Glen Gilder.

And now the lingering sunlight leaves Glen Gilder, O Glen Gilder;
While moony shades are stalking, is it the wavelets talking,
Or whispering lovers walking in Glen Gilder?





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