"An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and there, a passer-by Shows like a little res…"

"Sweet Themmes! runne softly, till I end my song."

"Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways—water in general, water sounds—there's music in water. Bro…"

"Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margin green The paths of pleasur…"

"Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew— (Twenty Bridges or twenty-two)— Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were y…"

"But now this mighty flood, upon his voyage prest (That found how with his strength his beauties still increased, From…"

"The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford."

"I have seen the Mississippi. That is muddy water. I have seen the St Lawrence. That is crystal water. But the Thames …"

"As I have seene when on the breast of Thames A heavenly beauty of sweet English Dames, In some calme Ev’ning of delig…"

"O roving Muse! recall that wondrous year When winter reigned in bleak Britannia’s air; When hoary Thames, with froste…"