e the poem "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay to complete the activity. (1) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable— But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. (2) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. (3) We were very tired, we were very merry, We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head, And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read; And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears, And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
(4) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. As we walked through the city, the streets alive and bright, We laughed and joked and reveled in the night. And though our pockets were emptied by the dawn, We knew that memories like this would forever live on. (5) We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. But in that moment, beneath the moon's gentle light, We were free, we were happy, we were alive. And as the sun rose and the day began to stir, We knew that moments like this were what life was for.
