“The water is wide an’ I can’t cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love an’ I.”
(Bob Dylan in The water is wide)
Liège (B)
Both of us are in need of water
Being off-course
The fairy boat
"Sometime a-down a magic stream a little boat comes sailing, A sailing in the ev'ning just before the shadows fall; It pauses in the meadows by the bank where I stand waiting, Then sweet and clear upon the air I hear the fairies call. I step into the tiny craft, and gently we go drifting ..." (A. Horey in The fairy boat) Liège (B)
The enchanted boat
"My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing; And thine doth like an angel sit Beside a helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. It seems to float ever, forever ..." (P.B. Shelley in Thy words are sweeter than aught else...) Esneux (B)