William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
Thamesis SongJohn Dryden (16311700)
O
Come away, come away;
The barks upon the billows ride,
The master will not stay;
The merry boatswain from his side
His whistle takes, to check and chide
The lingering lads’ delay,
And all the crew aloud has cried,
Come away, come away.
Nymphs divine, a beauteous train;
All the calmer gales befriend thee,
In thy passage o’er the main;
Every maid her locks is binding,
Every Triton’s horn is winding;
Welcome to the wat’ry plain!