| Poems by Women |
IN OUR BOAT
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik [1826-1887]
Stars trembling o'er us and sunset before
us,
Mountains in shadow and forests asleep;
Down the dim river we float on
forever,
Speak not, ah, breathe not - there's peace on the deep.
Come not, pale sorrow, flee till to-morrow;
Rest softly falling o'er
eyelids that weep;
While down the river we float on forever,
Speak not,
ah, breathe not - there's peace on the deep.
As the waves cover the depths we glide over,
So let the past in
forgetfulness sleep,
While down the river we float on forever,
Speak not,
ah, breathe not - there's peace on the deep.
Heaven shine above us, bless all that love us;
All whom we love in thy
tenderness keep!
While down the river we float on forever,
Speak not, ah,
breathe not - there's peace on the deep.
From: Stevenson, Burton Egbert.
The Home Book of Verse.
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