Alasdair Roberts
River Rhine
Where does the River Rhine rise?Where does the River Rhine rise?Where does the River Rhine rise?It rises in her eyesWhen I look in her eyesI see the River RhineI see the river widen: she sees the Clyde in mineThe elm, the elm, the spreading elmThe finest in the Rhineland RealmGives so freely of her withyBeyond the Scabbard of PriapusHow fiery and free the sap is!In the towering, towering, towering ashesThe ashes tower, elm-enshadedAnd her lashes flay green-bladedThe trees decay, the trees decay and fallOn the margins of the Clyde, running with the Rhine insideAnd the Clyde inside the River RhineAnd so her eyes in mine
From Letras Mania