Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 12, by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)



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First Line: My love o'er the water bends dreaming
Last Line: Shines pure in pure depths of my soul.
Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis
Variant Title(s): Sunday Up The River
Subject(s): Love; Rivers


MY love o'er the water bends dreaming;
It glideth and glideth away:
She sees there her own beauty, gleaming
Through shadow and ripple and spray.

O tell her, thou murmuring river,
As past her your light wavelets roll,
How steadfast that image for ever
Shines pure in pure depths of my soul.





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