The wedded girl exclaim'd, 'I'll hide, I'll hide!' And so they sought her gaily far and near, Till, first in wonder, then in mortal fear, Hour after hour they look'd for the lost bride. Oh! would she peep from out the laurel-walk, Or from yon pleached roses nod and smile, We would forgive her all this mournful talk And sad surmise, nor chide her girlish guile. Years pass'd, long years! when in an ancient chest, Whose heavy lid had dropp'd upon its spring, They found the object of a bygone quest, A skeleton in bridal wreath and ring; And recognized, with hearts too full to speak, The mystery of that fatal 'Hide and Seek'. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE MAIDEN QUEEN: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER TO ONE WHO ASKS by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS POLYHYMNIA: THE YOUTH IN THE BOAT (FRAGMENT) by WILLIAM BASSE |