DIP! Dip! Softly slip Down the river shining wide, Dim and far the dark banks are; Life is love and naught beside. Onward, drifting with the tide. Drip, drip, from paddle tip Myriad ripples swirl and swoon; Shiv'ring 'mid the ruddy stars, Mirrored in the deep lagoon, Faintly floats the mummied moon. Soft, soft, high aloft, -- Ever thus till time is done, -- Worlds will die; may thou and I Glide beneath a gentler sun, Young as now and ever one. |