Dear tho' unseen! tho' I have left behind Life's gayer views and all that stirs the mind, Now I revive, Hope making a new start, Since I have heard with most believing heart, That all my glad eyes would grow bright to see, My Derwent hath found realiz'd in thee, The boon prefigur'd in his earliest wish Crown of his cup and garnish of his dish! The fair fulfilment of his poesy, When his young heart first yearn'd for sympathy! Dear tho' unseen! unseen, yet long portray'd! A father's blessing on thee, gentle Maid! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (2) by WALTER RALEIGH THE WIDOW; SAPPHICS by ROBERT SOUTHEY TO THE BELGIANS by LAURENCE BINYON ON HIS HEAD WERE MANY CROWNS by MATTHEW BRIDGES MYSTERY by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT NOVEMBER TREE by MARY CAROTHERS DILL LINES ON THE SUMMER OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE: 1865 by JANET HAMILTON THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 156 by HAN SHAN ROME. BUILDING A NEW STREET IN THE ANCIENT QUARTER by THOMAS HARDY |