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