She'd a rose in her bonnet, and oh! she looked sweet As the little pink flower that grows in the wheat, With her cheeks like a rose and her lips like a cherry "And sure but you're welcome to Twickenham Town.” Ahoy! and Oho!" You're too late for the ferry ; (The brier's in bud and the sun has gone down ;) And he's not rowing quick and he's not rowing steady,— It seems quite a journey to Twickenham Town. "Ahoy! and Oho!" you may call as you will: The young moon is rising o'er Petersham Hill; And with Love like a rose in the stern of the wherry, There's danger in crossing to Twickenham Town. To Sleep WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by I've thought of all by turns, and yet do lie Even thus last night, and two nights more I lay, And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth: So do not let me wear to-night away : Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth? Come, blessed barrier between day and day, Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health! |