SWEET love, in fond converse together In the light canoe sat we, Still the night was, and calm was the weather, As we skimm'd o'er the wide-spreading sea. The fair spirit-islands before us In the glimmering moonlight lay; Sweet tones came-floating o'er us, While the mists were dancing in play. On danced they with merrier motion, And sweeter still sounded the song; But over the boundless ocean We mournfully floated along. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READING WHITMAN IN A TOILET STALL by TIMOTHY LIU TO A FRIEND IN THE MAKING by MARIANNE MOORE ONCE BEFORE by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE MY LETTERS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM BRIDAL SERENADE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TO HER WHO PASSES by MAURICE BROWNE |