Like the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin-hole. There the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall,
And the sunshine and
shadder fell over it all;
And it mottled the worter with amber and gold
Tel the glad lilies rocked in the ripples that rolled;
And the snake-feeder's four gauzy wings fluttered by
Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky,
Or a wounded apple-blossom in the breeze's controle
As it cut acrost some orchurd to'rds the old swimmin'-hole.
Oh! the old swimmin'— hole! When I last saw the place,
The scene was all changed, like the change in my face;
The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot
Whare the old divin'-log lays sunk and fergot.
And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be -
But never again will theyr shade shelter me!
And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul,
And dive off in my grave like the old swimmin'-hole.

The poem is structured so that it

A.) shows the change in the speaker and the swimming hole
B.) clarifies why the speaker left the swimming hole
C.) explains how the swimming hole was created
D.) provides details about the change in the speaker’s life