My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's / Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the Book

by Marietta Holley

The stars are gleaming;

All around is bright, with beauty teeming,

Moonlight hours—in my opinion—

Is the time for love.

My skiff is by the shore,

She’s light, she’s free,

To ply the feathered oar Miss Allen,

Would be joy to me.

And as we glide along,

My song shall be,