COME over the waters and find me! The weeds by the wet shore bind me. The water-snakes float Round my slime-dragged boat, And the clouds of the sun-dust blind me. Come over the waters and hold me! Hot fingers of Horror enfold me. My white swan lies dead In his nest blood-red, But the marsh-geese chase me and scold me. Come over the waters and woo me! The rude Marsh-People pursue me. From tussock and brake They leer and they shake Their hairy hands holden unto me. Come over! Come over! Come over! O Beautiful Sunrise Lover! Come over the hill of the waters! -- I am one of a great King's daughters: I am fair, I am sweet, From my head to my feet; I am young as the day; Yet my heart grows gray Ere the terrible charm be broken: Ere the dawn-word swiftly be spoken: And my boat swing free To the clear blue sea, And the sin of my race be wroken! Come over! I cry unto thee. I cover my face and sue thee. The Marsh Men seize and enslave me! Come over the waters and save me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CARGO MOVING TO GAZA (1988) by MARVIN BELL TO A DEAD LOVER by LOUISE BOGAN CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOWING IN WEST BLOWING SNOW by JAMES GALVIN TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL - LECTURER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MONK IN THE KITCHEN by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH ICHABOD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER LINES FOR THE HOUR by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG SONNET TO NICHOLAS BLACKLEECH OF GRAYES INNE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |