I have loved you for long long years Ellen, On you has my heart been set; I have loved you for long patient years, But you do not love me yet. Oh that the sun that rose that day Had never and never set, When I wooed and you did not turn away, Tho' you could not love me yet. I lay lands and gold at your feet Ellen, At your feet a coronet, I lay a true heart at your feet Ellen, But you do not love me yet. Oh when I too lie dead at your feet, And in death my heart is set, Will you love me then, cold proud Ellen, Tho' you will not love me yet? -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ECHO AND SILENCE by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES THE WELCOME by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE SEVEN TIMES FOUR [ - MATERNITY] by JEAN INGELOW THE OLD HOKUM BUNCOMBE by ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD CITY OF ORGIES by WALT WHITMAN |