HARD by the road, where on that little mound The high grass rustles to the passing breeze, The child of misery rests her head in peace. Pause there in sadness: that unhallowed ground Inshrines what once was Isabel. Sleep on, Sleep on, poor outcast! lovely was thy cheek, And thy mild eye was eloquent to speak The soul of pity. Pale and woe-begone, Soon did thy fair cheek fade, and thine eye weep The tear of anguish for the babe unborn, The helpless heir of poverty and scorn. She drank the draught that chilled her soul to sleep, I pause, and wipe the big drop from mine eye, Whilst the proud Levite scowls and passes by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE AND A QUESTION by ROBERT FROST FIRST OR LAST (SONG) by THOMAS HARDY TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON FRIDAY NIGHT by ISIDORE G. ASCHER IN THE DEEP WHITE SNOW by ANNE ATWOOD BLACKMWORE MAIDENS by WILLIAM BARNES |