Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Boat Song
By John Aylmer Dorgan (1836–1867)A
A song for such an hour as this!
The twilight hour! when winds are low,
And western skies are all aglow,
And like a dream beneath our keel
The silent waters lapse and steal—
The silent waters flow.
A song for such an hour as this!
The twilight hour! when shines above
The tender, tremulous star of love,
And like a dream around our prow
The silent shadows melt and flow—
The silent shadows move.
A song for such an hour as this!
The twilight hour! Oh! night of June,
Haste onward to thy perfect noon;
Till, like a dream the darkness fled,
The silent moon be overhead—
The silent, silver moon.