Silently I go <BR> As silently I came <BR>Silently I wave my hand <BR> And bid farewell to the western <BR><BR>The golden willows on the river bank <BR> Are brides beneath the sitting sun <BR>Their flaming shadows in the waves light <BR> More softly on my heart <BR> <BR>Grean weed in soft day <BR> Greenly tossing beneath the water <BR>In the soft waves of Cam <BR> I am content to be a weed <BR><BR>The pool under the elms shadow <BR> Is not a clean spring,but a rainbow <BR>Shattered among pondweeds <BR> Falling at last into rainbow dream <BR> <BR>Who weeks dreams?Poling a long pole <BR> Roving through places greener than green grass <BR>A boat fully loaded with starlight <BR> Sings beneath splendid stars <BR><BR>Now I cannot sing aloud <BR> And silent are the farewell flutes <BR>Even the insects are silent for me <BR> On this silent Cambridge night <BR> <BR>Silently I go <BR> As silently I came <BR>Silently I wave my sleeves <BR> Carrying away no silk of clouds <BR> |