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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAITING HORSEMAN, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography
First Line: At every door where lovers dwell
Last Line: But love, ah love, has flown.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding; Love - Loss Of
First Line: At every door where lovers dwell
Last Line: But love, ah love, has flown.
Subject(s): Horseback Riding; Love - Loss Of
At every door where lovers dwell,
A waiting horseman stands.
One foot set in the stirrup-shell,
The bridle in his hands.
No passerby can see him there,
Nor do the lovers know.
Their blood would creep in cheeks so fair,
Like brooks beneath the snow.
Often the horseman's weary head
Droops on his horse's mane.
Now starts he up, the swift dream fled --
And tighter draws the rein.
He listens long with stern set brow,
While darker grows his face.
He now is mounted and is now
Gone, galloped from the place.
And now the door burst open wide,
The two sit there alone.
They may sit ever side by side,
But love, ah love, has flown.
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