All Along Lake Eridanus
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(Author unknown, folk song)
All along Lake Eridanus
He a squire and she a laundress
'Neath a summer sunset flawless
Hidden kisses quick and costless
And feelings they awaken
All along Lake Eridanus
She sang "Berryn smiles upon us
See the map that she has drawn us
Past the shoreline's bridal broadness
To groves where vows are taken."
All along Lake Eridanus
He sand to her daring, dauntless
"Though the road is hard and monstrous
I'd ride to keep you safe and spotless
Knight, errant and unshaken."
So all along Lake Eridanus
She, alone in wakeful wanness
Prays for a love away and gone thus
Untouched skies gone stale and starless
From chivalry mistaken.