Songs from "The Water-Babies"

THE TIDE RIVER

Clear and cool, clear and cool, / By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool; / Cool and clear, cool and clear, / By shining shingle, and foaming wear; / Under the crag where the ouzel sings, / And the ivied wall where the church-bell rings, / Undefiled, for the undefiled; / Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child.