| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 435. The Ferry |
| | | By George Henry Boker |
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| THERE was a gay maiden lived down by the mill,— | |
| Ferry me over the ferry,— | |
| Her hair was as bright as the waves of a rill, | |
| When the sun on the brink of his setting stands still, | |
| Her lips were as full as a cherry. | 5 |
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| A stranger came galloping over the hill,— | |
| Ferry me over the ferry,— | |
| He gave her broad silver and gold for his will: | |
| She glanced at the stranger, she glanced o’er the still, | |
| The maiden was gentle and merry. | 10 |
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| “O! what would you give for your virtue again?”— | |
| Ferry me over the ferry,— | |
| “O! silver and gold on your lordship I ’d rain, | |
| I ’d double your pleasure, I ’d double my pain, | |
| This moment forever to bury.” | 15 |
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