| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Thamesis’ Song | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | | OLD 1 father Ocean calls my tide; | |
| Come away, come away; | |
| The barks upon the billows ride, | |
| The master will not stay; | |
| The merry boatswain from his side | 5 |
| His whistle takes, to check and chide | |
| The lingering lads’ delay, | |
| And all the crew aloud has cried, | |
| Come away, come away. | |
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| See, the god of seas attends thee, | 10 |
| 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; | 15 |
| Welcome to the wat’ry plain! | |
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