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...PSALM 104: THE MAJESTY AND MERCY OF GOD by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE NEW ARRIVAL by GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE PHANTOM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE GAMBOLS OF CHILDREN by GEORGE DARLEY ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE SCORPION by WILLIAM PLOMER THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 101. THE ONE HOPE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 1. LORD CRASHTON by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |