KNOWN had I what I knew not When we met eye to eye, That thenceforth I should view not Again beneath the sky So truefooted a farer As you who faced me then, My path had been a rarer Than it figures among men! I would have trod beside you To guard your feet all day, And borne at night to guide you A lantern on your way: Would not have left you lonely With wringing doubt, to cow Old hope, if I could only Have known what I know now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRASS FINGERS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE CURFEW MUST NOT RING TONIGHT by ROSE HARTWICK THORPE THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 10. THE PALATINE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER A SONG: REVENGE AGAINST CYNTHIA by PHILIP AYRES EXTEMPORE ON BEING SHOWN SHOE BUCKLES WORN BY DAVID GARRICK by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |