Poems (Stoddard)/"The shadows on the water reach"

by Elizabeth Stoddard

"THE SHADOWS ON THE WATER REACH."

THE shadows on the water reach
 My shadow on the beach;
I see the dark trees on the shore,
 The fisher's oar.

I met her by the sea last night,
 A little maid in white;
I shall never meet her more
 On the shore.

Ho! fisher, hoist your idle sail,
 And whistle for a gale;
My ship is waiting in the bay,
 Row away!