Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWICKENHAM FERRY, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS First Line: Ahoy! And o-ho! And it's who's for the ferry?' Last Line: There's danger in crossing to twickenham town. Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Variant Title(s): A Verse From A Song, Once Painted On A Board At Twickenham Subject(s): Ferry Boats; Love; Moon; Twickenham, England | ||||||||
"Ahoy! and O-ho! and it's who's for the ferry?" (The briar's in bud and the sun going down) "And I'll row ye so quick and I'll row ye so steady, And 'tis but a penny to Twickenham Town." The ferryman's slim and the ferryman's young, With just a soft tang in the turn of his tongue; And he's fresh as a pippin and brown as a berry, And 't is but a penny to Twickenham Town. "Ahoy! and O-ho! and it's I'm for the ferry," (The briar's in bud and the sun going down) "And it's late as it is and I haven't a penny -- Oh! how can I get me to Twickenham Town?" She'd a rose in her bonnet, and oh! she look'd sweet As the little pink flower that grows in the wheat, With her cheeks like a rose and her lips like a cherry -- "It's sure but you're welcome to Twickenham Town." "Ahoy! and O-ho!" -- You're too late for the ferry, (The briar's in bud and the sun has gone down) And he's not rowing quick and he's not rowing steady; It seems quite a journey to Twickenham Town. "Ahoy! and O-ho!" you may call as you will; The young moon is rising o'er Petersham Hill; And, with Love like a rose in the stern of the wherry, There's danger in crossing to Twickenham Town. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE THE TWICKENHAM AIR by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB ON HIS GROTTO AT TWICKENHAM by ALEXANDER POPE A COURT-MINSTREL by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS A FRAGMENT by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS A GARDEN by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS A NIGHTPIECE by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS A PASTORAL by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS A TRAGEDY by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS |
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