THE RIVER

THE RIVER

II drifted along the riverUntil I moored my boatBy these crossed trunks.Here the mist movesOver fragile leaves and rushes,Colourless waters and brown fading hills.She has come from beneath the trees,Moving within the mist,A floating leaf.IIO blue flower of the evening,You have touched my faceWith your leaves of silver.Love me for I must depart.Richard Aldington

II drifted along the riverUntil I moored my boatBy these crossed trunks.Here the mist movesOver fragile leaves and rushes,Colourless waters and brown fading hills.She has come from beneath the trees,Moving within the mist,A floating leaf.IIO blue flower of the evening,You have touched my faceWith your leaves of silver.Love me for I must depart.Richard Aldington

I

I

I drifted along the riverUntil I moored my boatBy these crossed trunks.

I drifted along the river

Until I moored my boat

By these crossed trunks.

Here the mist movesOver fragile leaves and rushes,Colourless waters and brown fading hills.

Here the mist moves

Over fragile leaves and rushes,

Colourless waters and brown fading hills.

She has come from beneath the trees,Moving within the mist,A floating leaf.

She has come from beneath the trees,

Moving within the mist,

A floating leaf.

II

II

O blue flower of the evening,You have touched my faceWith your leaves of silver.

O blue flower of the evening,

You have touched my face

With your leaves of silver.

Love me for I must depart.

Love me for I must depart.

Richard Aldington

Richard Aldington

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