Ferry Hinksey

J. Elkus

Beyond the ferry water

That fast and silent flowed,

She turned, she gazed a moment,

Then took her onward road

Between the winding willows

To a city white with spires

It seemed a path of pilgrims

To the home of earth's desires.

Blue shade of golden branches

Spread for her journeying,

Till he that lingered lost her

Among the leaves of Spring.