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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOVED ONE WAS NOT THERE, by ELIZA COOK Poet's Biography
First Line: We gathered round the festive board
Last Line: The loved one was not there.
First Line: We gathered round the festive board
Last Line: The loved one was not there.
We gathered round the festive board,
The crackling faggot blazed,
But few would taste the wine that poured,
Or join the song we raised.
For there was now a glass unfilled --
A favoured place to spare;
All eyes were dull, all hearts were chilled --
The loved one was not there.
No happy laugh was heard to ring,
No form would lead the dance;
A smothered sorrow seemed to fling
A gloom in every glance.
The grave had closed upon a brow,
The honest, bright, and fair;
We missed our mate, we mourned the blow --
The loved one was not there.
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