THE BRIDGE》————how often,oh how often, in the days that had gone by,
I had stood on that bridge at midnight and gazed on that wave and sky!
how often,oh how often, I had wished that the ebbing tide
would bear me away on its bostom over the ocean wild and wild!
for my heart was hot and restless, and my life was full of care,
and the burden laid upon me seemed greater than I could bear
But now it has fallen from me It is buried in the sea;
and only the sorrow of others throw its shadow over me