Translation Of The Two First Stanzas Of The Song "Rio Verde, Rio Verde"

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Title:     Translation Of The Two First Stanzas Of The Song "Rio Verde, Rio Verde"
Author: Samuel Johnson [More Titles by Johnson]

TRANSLATION
OF THE FIRST TWO STANZAS OF THE SONG "RIO
VERDE, RIO VERDE," PRINTED IN BISHOP PERCY'S
RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY.

AN IMPROMPTU.

Glassy water, glassy water,
Down whose current, clear and strong,
Chiefs confused in mutual slaughter,
Moor and Christian roll along.

[The end]
Samuel Johnson's poem: Translation Of The Two First Stanzas Of The Song "Rio Verde, Rio Verde"

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