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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN THE RIVER, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Down the wonderful, magical river
Last Line: To sing to you, heart's delight!
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Rivers
First Line: Down the wonderful, magical river
Last Line: To sing to you, heart's delight!
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Rivers
DOWN the wonderful, magical river
We drifted that summer night;
And we almost heard the shiver
Of the wind through the trees on our right;
And the moon-rays seemed to quiver
On your face, like the moonlight white.
And the tide with a soft resistance
Withstood our keel from below;
But the yacht with its firm insistence
Dropped down to the city below;
And we saw in the mystical distance
The white skiffs come and go.
And your eyes in the moonlight tender
Had things as tender to say;
And your hand, so timid and slender,
In mine forgetfully lay;
And how my dream shall I render,
As we drifted into the bay?
But there were the lights of the city,
And in vain was the white moon white;
And the town, with its glare, had no pity
For the dream of a summer night;
So I turn the dream to a ditty
To sing to you, Heart's Delight!
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