Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | IV. Inland Waters: Highlands | | A Farewell | | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | | FLOW down, cold rivulet, to the sea | |
| Thy tribute wave deliver: | |
| No more by thee my steps shall be, | |
| For ever and for ever. | |
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| Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea, | 5 |
| A rivulet then a river: | |
| No where by thee my steps shall be, | |
| For ever and for ever. | |
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| But here will sigh thine alder tree, | |
| And here thine aspen shiver; | 10 |
| And here by thee will hum the bee, | |
| For ever and for ever. | |
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| A thousand suns will stream on thee, | |
| A thousand moons will quiver; | |
| But not by thee my steps shall be, | 15 |
| For ever and for ever. | | | | |
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