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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THREE SISTERS, by ACHILLE MILLIEN
First Line: As daylight passes there go three lasses
Last Line: "I who know,"" saith the elder, ""am dying away."
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Sisters
First Line: As daylight passes there go three lasses
Last Line: "I who know,"" saith the elder, ""am dying away."
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Sisters
AS daylight passes there go three lasses
Hand holding hand as they move down the lane,
There's one singing gaily, and one smiling palely,
And one in her sorrow that sighs for her swain.
"O what is this hunger of love?"saith the younger,
The second makes answer, "I know not. They say
The heart dies without it."—"Nay, sisters dear, doubt it:
I who know," saith the elder, "am dying away."
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