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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAID IN LOW-MOON LAND, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: I know not where she be, and yet
Last Line: But only I sit here and moan.
Subject(s): Grief; Moon; Spring; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: I know not where she be, and yet
Last Line: But only I sit here and moan.
Subject(s): Grief; Moon; Spring; Sorrow; Sadness
I KNOW not where she be, and yet
I see her waiting white and tall.
Her eyes are blue, her lips are wet,
And move as tho' they'd love to call.
I see her shadow on the wall
Before the changing moon has set.
She stands there lovely and alone
And up her porch blue creepers swing.
The world she moves in is her own,
To sun and shade and hasty wing.
And I would wed her in the Spring,
But only I sit here and moan.
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