I know it will all come right at the last,

But I am not certain what the right is.

There is a river and there is a boat

(I read it all in a far-away tale)—

O faster! O faster! you do but float;

Pull away with your oars, shake out your sail!

A woman, I know, must sail in a skiff,

And reach a ship ere it reaches the sea;

But it is a wonderful matter if

The woman who sits here is really me!