ALONG the frozen lake she comes In linking crescents, light and fleet; The ice-imprisoned Undine hums A welcome to her little feet. I see the jaunty hat, the plume Swerve birdlike in the joyous gale, -- The cheeks lit up to burning bloom, The young eyes sparkling through the veil. The quick breath parts her laughing lips, The white neck shines through tossing curls; Her vesture gently sways and dips, As on she speeds in shell-like whirls. Men stop and smile to see her go; They gaze, they smile in pleased surprise; They ask her name; they long to show Some silent friendship in their eyes. She glances not; she passes on; Her steely footfall quicker rings; She guesses not the benison Which follows her on noiseless wings. Smooth be her ways, secure her tread Along the devious lines of life, From grace to grace successive led, -- A noble maiden, nobler wife! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE NATIONAL ODE; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA by BAYARD TAYLOR STANZAS TO A FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON SONG by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN THE FAR LOOK by MARGARET J. E. BROWN TO THE QUEENES MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIE by ELIZABETH (TANFIELD) CARY |