Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MANOR LORD, by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the landsman knelt a dame Last Line: "amen, our lord is dead!" Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Laura E. | ||||||||
BESIDE the landsman knelt a dame, And slowly pushed the pages o'er; Still by the hearth-fire's spending flame She waited, while a hollow roar Came from the chimney, and the breath Of twice seven hounds upon the floor; And, save the old man's labored moan, The night had no sound more. The fire flickered; with a start The master hound upflung his head; Sudden he whined, when with one spring Each hunter bounded from his bed, -- And through rent blind and bolted door All voiceless every creature fled; The blinking watcher closed her book: "Amen, our lord is dead!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTONIO by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778] by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS A SONG OF TWO ANGELS by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS AT EASTER TIME by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS JOHNNY'S BY-LOW SONG by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS SANDY HOOK by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS SONG OF THE LITTLE WINDS by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS WHERE HELEN SITS by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS MEMORY by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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