Come hither, gently rowing, <br />Come, bear me quickly o'er <br />This stream so brightly flowing <br />To yonder woodland shore. <br />But vain were my endeavour <br />To pay thee, courteous guide; <br />Row on, row on, for ever <br />I'd have thee by my side. <br /> <br />Good boatman, prithee haste thee, <br />I seek my father-land. -- <br />Say, when I there have placed thee, <br />Dare I demand thy hand? <br />A maiden's head can never <br />So hard a point decide; <br />Row on, row on, for ever <br />I'd have thee by my side. <br /> <br />The happy bridal over <br />The wanderer ceased to roam, <br />For, seated by her lover, <br />The boat became her home. <br />And they still sang together <br />As steering o'er the tide: <br />Row on through wind and weather <br />For ever by my side.<br /><br />Samuel Taylor Coleridge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/water-ballad/
