THE RIVER -POEM BY CAROLINE ANN BOWLES

• The River

  Caroline Ann Bowles

   

  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./

   way/play,dancing/glancing            (rhyming)

  River, /river!/ Swelling river!

  On /you rush/ through /rough and smooth;

  Louder,/ faster,/ brawling, /leaping.

  Over rocks, /by rose-banks/, sweeping

  Like/impetuous/youth.      smooth/youth,leaping/sweeping.     (rhyming)

  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./     (rhyming) time/prime,                                                        motion/ocean 

   

  River, /river!/ Headlong river!

  Down /you dash/ into the sea,

  Sea /that line/ hath never /sounded,

  Sea /that sail /hath/ never rounded,

  Like/ eternity.                ( rhyming :                                                                          sounded/rounded)

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• way/play, dancing/glancing

• smooth/youth, leaping/sweeping

• time/prime, motion/ocean      smooth/youth,leaping/sweeping.

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