"FLOW ON, THOU SHINING RIVER."
"Flow on, thou shining river,"
Flow gaily to the sea;
Flow on in beauty ever,
With all thy melody.
Where has thy gentle current strayed?
Teach all thy joyous tale to me;
Let it flow on through light and shade;
My song shall follow thee.
Flow gaily to the sea;
Flow on in beauty ever,
With all thy melody.
Where has thy gentle current strayed?
Teach all thy joyous tale to me;
Let it flow on through light and shade;
My song shall follow thee.
Through meadows now meander,
With graceful sweet delay;
And now, through green woods wander,
Where scarcely peeps the day:
Now, where the lofty bank hangs o'er,
Pursue thy wild, romantic way;
Down the steep rocks now swiftly pour,
Like time, that cannot stay.
With graceful sweet delay;
And now, through green woods wander,
Where scarcely peeps the day:
Now, where the lofty bank hangs o'er,
Pursue thy wild, romantic way;
Down the steep rocks now swiftly pour,
Like time, that cannot stay.
Its murmurs now increasing,
On thy glad current goes;
And now, with roar unceasing,
The rapid torrent flows;
On thy glad current goes;
And now, with roar unceasing,
The rapid torrent flows;