Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAST THOU A THOUGHT, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL


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First Line: When home I came after many a day
Last Line: Thou hadst a thought of thy love far away!
Subject(s): Thought; Thinking


WHEN home I came after many a day
Of longing and waiting so far away,
I sought the path in the sunset glow,
Where the bright eyes watched for me long ago.
And the fair night fell as I whispered low,
'Hast thou a thought of the wanderer now?'

Then softly glimmered a sudden light,
And I saw thee lean from the casement bright,
And a name floated forth from a voice so sweet!
No doubting of heart and no lingering of feet!
For I hastened near, and I whispered low,
'Hast thou a thought for the wanderer now?'

Then silently nestled my own sweet bird,
With a joy too deep for a song or word;
And I question no more, for the answer I know!
So I ask not aloud, and I ask not low,
Whether every night, whether every day,
Thou hadst a thought of thy love far away!





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