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Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark
On the bosom of Father Thames,
And before her bows the wavelets read more
Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark
On the bosom of Father Thames,
And before her bows the wavelets dark
Break into a thousand gems.
Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat.
Just parted from the shore,
And to the fisher's chorus-note,
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Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat.
Just parted from the shore,
And to the fisher's chorus-note,
Soft moves the dipping oar!
But oars alone can ne'er prevail
To reach the distant coast;
The breath of Heaven must swell read more
But oars alone can ne'er prevail
To reach the distant coast;
The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,
Or all the toil is lost.
On the ear
Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.
On the ear
Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.
And all the way, to guide their chime,
With falling oars they kept the time.
And all the way, to guide their chime,
With falling oars they kept the time.
We lie and listen to the hissing waves,
Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,
Which on read more
We lie and listen to the hissing waves,
Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,
Which on the sea's face all unthankful graves
An arrowed scratch as with a tool of steel.
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.
Like the watermen who advance forward while they look backward.
