Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: New York, the City, N. Y. | | On the Pier | | Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903) |
| | | DOWN at the end of the long dark street, | |
| Years, years ago, | |
| I sat with my sweetheart on the pier, | |
| Watching the river flow. | |
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| The moon was climbing the sky that night, | 5 |
| White as the winter’s snow: | |
| We kissed in its light, and swore to be true,— | |
| But that was years ago! | |
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| Once more I walk in the dark old street, | |
| Wearily to and fro: | 10 |
| But I sit no more on the desolate pier | |
| Watching the river flow. | | | | |
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