The Thames Barge Driving Race
The Thames Barge Driving Race or TOW Barge Driving Race is a river-race that was set up in 1975 by a charity called The Transport On Water Association (TOW) with the backing of Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.
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And the night is a-cold,
And Thames runs chill
‘Twixt mead and hill.
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Is the old house here
And my heart is warm
Midst winter’s harm.”
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On our dreams as on a barge made of ice,
Shot through with questions and fissures of starlight
That keep us awake, thinking about the dreams
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