A Song on the Water
I.
As mad sexton’s bell, tolling
For earth’s loveliest daughter,
Night’s dumbness breaks rolling
Ghostily:
So our boat breaks the water
Witchingly.
II.
As her look the dream troubles
Of her tearful-eyed lover,
So our sails in the bubbles
Ghostily
Are mirrored, and hover
Moonily.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on October 24, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.
About this Poem
“A Song on the Water” appeared in Poems by the Late Thomas Lovell Beddoes (William Pickering, 1851).
Author
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Thomas Lovell Beddoes was an English poet, playwright, and physician. His works include The Bride’s Tragedy (F. C. & J. Rivington, 1822), Death’s Jest Book (T. F. Kelsall, 1850), and Poems by the Late Thomas Lovell Beddoes (William Pickering, 1851). He died on January 26, 1849.
Date Published
10/24/2021