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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TYLNEY HALL: TO MY WIFE, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Still glides the gentle streamlet on
Last Line: My tide of life is true to thee.
Variant Title(s): The Streamlet
Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love
First Line: Still glides the gentle streamlet on
Last Line: My tide of life is true to thee.
Variant Title(s): The Streamlet
Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love
STILL glides the gentle streamlet on,
With shifting current new and strange;
The water, that was here, is gone,
But those green shadows never change.
Serene or ruffled by the storm,
On present waves, as on the past,
The mirror'd grove retains its form,
The self-same trees their semblance cast.
The hue each fleeting globule wears,
That drop bequeaths it to the next;
One picture still the surface bears,
To illustrate the murmur'd text.
So, love, however time may flow,
Fresh hours pursuing those that flee,
One constant image still shall show
My tide of life is true to thee.
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