We were very tired, we were very merry -- <br /> We had gone back and forth all night upon the ferry. <br /> It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable -- <br /> But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, <br /> We lay on the hill-top underneath the moon; <br /> And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. <br /> We were very tired, we were very merry -- <br /> We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; <br /> And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, <br /> From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; <br /> And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, <br /> And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. <br /> <br /> We were very tired, we were very merry, <br /> We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. <br /> We hailed, "Good morrow, mother!" to a shawl-covered head, <br /> And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read; <br /> And she wept, "God bless you!" for the apples and the pears, <br /> And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.<br /><br />Edna St. Vincent Millay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/recuerdo/
