FLOW, Rio Verde! In melody flow; Win her that weepeth To slumber from woe; Bid thy wave's music Roll through her dreams -- Grief ever loveth The kind voice of streams. Bear her lone spirit Afar on the sound Back to her childhood, Her life's fairy ground; Pass like the whisper Of love that is gone -- Flow, Rio Verde! Softly flow on! Dark glassy water So crimsoned of yore! Love, death, and sorrow Know thy green shore. Thou shouldst have echoes For grief's deepest tone -- Flow, Rio Verde! Softly flow on! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONGS OF INNOCENCE: INTRODUCTION by WILLIAM BLAKE THOUGHTS WHILE PACKING A TRUNK by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY SYSTEM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A COWBOY'S WORRYING LOVE by JAMES BARTON ADAMS COMPENSATIONS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER |