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William Wordsworth - Remembrance Of
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COMPOSED UPON THE THAMES NEAR RICHMOND

GLIDE gently, thus for ever glide,
O Thames! that other bards may see
As lovely visions by thy side
As now, fair river! come to me.
O glide, fair stream! for ever so,
Thy quiet soul on all bestowing,
Till all our minds for ever flow
As thy deep waters now are flowing.

Vain thought!--Yet be as now thou art,
That in thy waters may be seen                              
The image of a poet`s heart,
How bright, how solemn, how serene!
Such as did once the Poet bless,
Who murmuring here a later ditty,
Could find no refuge from distress
But in the milder grief of pity.
    
Now let us, as we float along,
For `him` suspend the dashing oar;
And pray that never child of song
May know that Poet`s sorrows more.                          
How calm! how still! the only sound,
The dripping of the oar suspended!
--The evening darkness gathers round
By virtue`s holiest Powers attended.
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