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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SARAH, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One happy year has fled, sall Last Line: To smile away them all. Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker | |||
I. ONE happy year has fled, Sall, Since you were all my own, The leaves have felt the autumn blight, The wintry storm has blown. We heeded not the cold blast, Nor the winter's icy air; For we found our climate in the heart, And it was summer there. II. The summer's sun is bright, Sall, The skies are pure in hue; But clouds will sometimes sadden them, And dim their lovely blue; And clouds may come to us, Sall, But sure they will not stay; For there's a spell in fond hearts To chase their gloom away. III. In sickness and in sorrow Thine eyes were on me still, And there was comfort in each glance To charm the sense of ill. And were they absent now, Sall, I'd seek my bed of pain, And bless each pang that gave me back Those looks of love again. IV. Oh, pleasant is the welcome kiss, When day's dull round is o'er, And sweet the music of the step That meets me at the door. Though worldly cares may visit us, I reck not when they fall, While I have thy kind lips, my Sall, To smile away them all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE THE CULPRIT FAY by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE A FAIRY IN ARMOR by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE FRAGMENT by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LEON; AN UNFINISHED POEM by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES TO A LADY, ON HEARING HER SING 'CUSHLAMACHREE' by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES WRITTEN IN A LADY'S ALBUM by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING NEW ROCHELLE by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE |
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