The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Over the River

Priest, Nancie A. W. "Over the River." New York Saturday Press, March 15, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A "cold and pale" boatman delivers the speaker's loved ones from this life to the next. One sunny day he will return for the speaker and she will be reunited with those who beckon her "Over the river."