Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAID OF NEIDPATH, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Earl march look'd on his dying child Last Line: To lift their silken lashes. Subject(s): Death – Children | ||||||||
Earl March look'd on his dying child, And, smit with grief to view her-- The youth, he cried, whom I exiled Shall be restored to woo her. She's at the window many an hour His coming to discover: And he look'd up to Ellen's bower And she look'd on her lover-- But ah! so pale, he knew her not, Though her smile on him was dwelling-- And am I then forgot--forgot? It broke the heart of Ellen. In vain he weeps, in vain he sighs, Her cheek is cold as ashes; Nor love's own kiss shall wake those eyes To lift their silken lashes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER AND CHILD by DAVID IGNATOW ELEGY FOR A CHILD by GREGORY ORR COTTAGE AND HALL by ALICE CARY THE BROKEN HOUSEHOLD by ALICE CARY TAKEN FROM MEN THIS MORNING by EMILY DICKINSON WHEN I WAS SMALL, A WOMAN DIED by EMILY DICKINSON A BABY'S CRADLE WITH NO BABY IN IT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI BATTLE OF THE BALTIC by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL |
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