I HEARD thy name long ere we met, 'Twas sweet as though the words were set To music, and the soft refrain Rang in my soul and through my brain Like phantom thoughts of wild regret. I saw thee; with the sight the debt That life owed me was fully met, My heart leapt up with Love's sweet pain, Elizabeth. We danced the graceful minuet, Thy boon to me, a violet, I treasure still; its purple stain Dyed in the book where it has lain, Dyed in my heart that can't forget Elizabeth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MALDIVE SHARK by HERMAN MELVILLE THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE MULBERRY GARDEN: CHILD AND MAIDEN by CHARLES SEDLEY ADAM'S CURSE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE MORAL FABLES: THE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE HUSBANDMAN by AESOP THE HWOMESTEAD A-VELL INTO HAND by WILLIAM BARNES HIS PRAYER TO PECUNIA by RICHARD BARNFIELD |