Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OVER THE SKY; A BOATING SONG, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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OVER THE SKY; A BOATING SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Row, row, row, row
Last Line: And out of the world we are going.
Subject(s): Boats


Row, row, row, row,
Josie and I are rowing,
Over the sky, and over the clouds,
And over the tree-tops going.

Glide, glide, glide, glide,
Shadow and sunshine sifting,
Into the blue, and into the dark,
And into the golden drifting.

Swift, swift, swift, swift,
Swift flow the lilies by us;
Sleepy-head turtles from low-lying log
Lazily blink and eye us.

Drift, drift, drift, drift,
Broad is the stream and steady,
Narrowing now to a frolicsome flow
With many a dimpling eddy.

Slow, slow, slow, slow,
Josie and I together.
Josie is fair as a lily bud
And sweet as the summer weather.

Row, row, row, row,
Josie and I are rowing;
Over the sky and over the sun
And out of the world we are going.





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