Remembrance of Collins + 

Written Upon the Thames Near Richmond + 

Glide gently, thus for ever glide, + 

O Thames! that other Bards may see + 

As lovely visions by thy side + 

As now, fair River! come to me. + 

Oh glide, fair Stream! for ever so, + 

Thy quiet soul on all bestowing, + 

Till all our minds for ever flow + 

As thy deep waters now are flowing. + 

Vain thought!⁠ ⁠… Yet be as now thou art, + 

That in thy waters may be seen + 

The image of a poet’s heart, + 

How bright, how solemn, how serene! + 

Such as did once the Poet bless, + 

Who, pouring here a later ditty, + 

Could find no refuge from distress + 

But in the milder grief of pity. + 

Now let us, as we float along, + 

For him suspend the dashing oar; + 

And pray that never child of Song + 

May know that Poet’s sorrows more. + 

How calm! how still! the only sound, + 

The dripping of the oar suspended! + 

—The evening darkness gathers round + 

By virtue’s holiest Powers attended. + 