ST. SENANUS. "OH! haste and leave this sacred isle, Unholy bark, ere morning smile; For on thy deck, though dark it be, A female form I see; And I have sworn this sainted sod Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod." THE LADY. "O Father! send not hence my bark, Through wintry winds and billows dark; I come with humble heart to share Thy morn and evening prayer: Nor mine the feet, O holy Saint! The brightness of thy sod to taint." The Lady's prayer Senanus spurn'd; The winds blew fresh, the bark return'd; But legends hint, that had the maid Till morning's light delay'd, And given the saint one rosy smile, She ne'er had left his lonely isle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS IRELAND (1847) by DENIS FLORENCE MCCARTHY SONNET: 128 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WHEN YOU ARE OLD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MOTHER HEART by NELLIE COOLEY ALDER A LARGE EVENING AT THE CLUB (AS IT WAS ONCE) by BERTON BRALEY ROMANCE by FRANCES HALLEY BROCKETT INSCRIPTION FOR THE DOOR OF [BROWNRIGG'S] CELL IN NEWGATE by GEORGE CANNING |