I WELL remember in my youthful day, When first of love I felt the inward smart, My fellow hunters, eager all to start, One morn I follow'd, lingering by the way, Heedless of sport, for with unwonted sway That secret grief lay heavy on my heart, Till a voice whisper'd me, Ere day depart Thy lov'd one thou shalt see. Away! away! The chase began, I shar'd its maddening glee, And rode amid the foremost in that run, Whose end, far distant, Love had well foretold. Her dwelling lay betwixt my home and me; And on the horizon's verge the setting sun Veil'd, as we met, her blushing cheeks with gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER LEFT ME by KAREN SWENSON IMITATION OF POPE: A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIES by WILLIAM BLAKE PICTURES OF MEMORY by ALICE CARY KUBLA KHAN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE DAY IS DONE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SOUL AND BODY by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE AEOLIAN HARP (2) by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |