Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON PITZ LANGUARD, by JOHN MILTON HAY Poet's Biography First Line: I stood on the top of pitz languard Last Line: As I clambered down from pitz languard. | ||||||||
I STOOD on the top of Pitz Languard, And heard three voices whispering low, Where the Alpine birds in their circling ward Made swift dark shadows upon the snow. First voice. I loved a girl with truth and pain, She loved me not. When she said good by She gave me a kiss to sting and stain My broken life to a rosy dye. Second voice. I loved a woman with love well tried, -- And I swear I believe she loves me still. But it was not I who stood by her side When she answered the priest and said "I will." Third voice. I loved two girls, one fond, one shy, And I never divined which one loved me. One married, and now, though I can't tell why, Of the four in the story I count but three. The three weird voices whispered low Where the eagles swept in their circling ward; But only one shadow scarred the snow As I clambered down from Pitz Languard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JIM BLUDSO [OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE] by JOHN MILTON HAY MILES KEOGH'S HORSE by JOHN MILTON HAY RELIGION AND DOCTRINE by JOHN MILTON HAY THE STIRRUP-CUP by JOHN MILTON HAY A DREAM OF BRIC-A-BRAC by JOHN MILTON HAY A HAUNTED ROOM by JOHN MILTON HAY A PHYLACTERY by JOHN MILTON HAY A TRIUMPH OF ORDER by JOHN MILTON HAY |
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