[Poems by Drake in] The life and works of Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) | ||
XI
Soft and pale is the moony beam,Moveless still the glassy stream,
The wave is clear, the beach is bright
With snowy shells and sparkling stones;
The shore-surge comes in ripples light,
In murmurings faint and distant moans;
And ever anon in the silence deep
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And the bend of his graceful bow is seen—
A glistening arch of silver sheen,
Spanning the wave of burnished blue,
And dripping with gems of the river dew.
[Poems by Drake in] The life and works of Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820) | ||