On the Bluff...

O Grandly flowing River !
O silver-gliding River !
Thy springing willows shiver
In the sunset as of old;
They shiver in the silence
Of the willow-whitened islands,
While the sun-bars and the sand-bars
Fill air and wave with gold.

O gay, oblivious River !
O sunset-kindled River !
Do you remember ever
The eyes and skies so blue
On a summer day that shone here,
When we were all alone here,
And the blue eyes were too wise
To speak the love they know ?

O stern impassive River !
O still unanswering River !
The shivering willows quiver
As the night-winds moan and rave,
From the past a voice is calling,
From heaven a star is falling,
And dew swells in the bluebells
Above her hillside grave...