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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARY VANCE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography
First Line: When I was young, and had the skill
Last Line: From shepperton to varley!
Subject(s): Courtship; Memory
First Line: When I was young, and had the skill
Last Line: From shepperton to varley!
Subject(s): Courtship; Memory
WHEN I was young, and had the skill
To learn the tune of Cupid's making,
And teach my sweetheart from the hill
A pretty trick for dear escaping;
When by the constant lavender,
Or gipsy rose she stayed to parley,
O, cheerly went my feet to her
Along the road to Varley.
Ah, Mary Vance, when you with me
Were keeping starlit company,
The mile of bliss,
The laugh and kiss
From Shepperton to Varley!
Not warm enough my lips to keep
The lips of Death from cold caresses!
O weary head, to never sleep
Upon her heart, amid her tresses!
No more we watch the foam of light
Run lipping over seas of barley,
For Death the Harvester by night
Went down the road to Varley!
Ah, Mary Vance, when you with me
Were keeping starlit company,
The mile of sweet
Between the wheat
From Shepperton to Varley!
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