Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE RIVER TEPL, WRITTEN AT THE FREUNDSCHAFT SAAL, CARLSBAD, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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ON THE RIVER TEPL, WRITTEN AT THE FREUNDSCHAFT SAAL, CARLSBAD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Friendless I came, but friendless now no more
Last Line: Still hastening onward to eternity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Nature; Rivers; Tepl (river), Europe


FRIENDLESS I came, but friendless now no more;
Thy voice, sweet river, greets me, and I trace
A smile of welcome in thy sparkling face,
When early morn invites me to thy shore;
Thy sunlit waters to fresh life restore
The fragrant flowers that gild the mountain's base;
Lulled by the rippling music of thy race,
With tranquil happiness my heart runs o'er.
The hues of heaven are mirrored in thy stream;
O, teach me so to live that hope sublime,
From Heaven reflected, on my path may beam!
Thy ceaseless current runs to reach the sea;
Teach me in wisdom to redeem the time,
Still hastening onward to Eternity.





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