Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BY THE WATER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are rivers lapsing down Last Line: And ah, where is my friend? -- Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): River Thames Subject(s): Flowers; Friendship; Lilies; Thames (river) | ||||||||
There are rivers lapsing down Lily-laden to the sea; Every lily is a boat For bees, one, two, or three: I wish there were a fairy boat For you, my friend, and me. We would rock upon the river, Scarcely floating by; Rocking rocking like the lilies, You, my friend, and I; Rocking like the stately lilies Beneath the statelier sky. But ah, where is that river Whose hyacinth banks descend Down to the sweeter lilies, Till soft their shadows blend Into a watery twilight? -- And ah, where is my friend? -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER TO THE THAMES OF LONDON TO FAVOUR HIS LADY ... by GEORGE TURBERVILLE IMPRESSION DU MATIN by OSCAR WILDE SYMPHONY IN YELLOW by OSCAR WILDE A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON by JOHN BANCKS THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: CANTO 2 by WILLIAM BASSE BAB-LOCK-HYTHE by LAURENCE BINYON THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: AUGUST. ON THE THAMES by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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