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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER, by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY Poet's Biography First Line: River! River! Little river! / bright you sparkle on your way Last Line: Like eternity. Alternate Author Name(s): Bowles, Caroline Anne | |||
River! river! little river! Bright you sparkle on your way; O'er the yellow pebbles dancing, Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play. River! river! swelling river! On you rush o'er rough and smooth; Louder, faster, brawling, leaping Over rocks, by rose-banks sweeping, Like impetuous youth. River! river! brimming river! Broad, and deep, and still as Time; Seeming still, yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal prime. River! river! rapid river! Swifter now you slip away; Swift and silent as an arrow, Through a channel dark and narrow, Like life's closing day. River! river! headlong river! Down you dash into the sea; Sea, that line hath never sounded, Sea, that voyage hath never rounded, Like Eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YOUNG GRAY HEAD by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY ANGLING by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY AUTUMN FLOWERS by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY MARINER'S HYMN by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY THE DYING MOTHER TO HER INFANT by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY THE LAST JOURNEY by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY THE WELCOME HOME by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY TO DEATH by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY |
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