The Vault at Pfaff's
Figaro [Clapp, Henry Jr.]. "The River." New York Saturday Press, August 26, 1865, 60.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract
A poem about the sensual movements of a river: it merges with other rivers and whispers to plants along the bank. The river becomes a metaphor for humans who live as freely as the river flows, but the speaker points out that there are others who live a more conservative life.