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A POET'S LOVE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O! Lady, look from out thy bower
Last Line: When centuries have pass'd.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Love; Poetry & Poets


O! lady, look from out thy bower
O'er all this smiling land,
Where thousands own a noble's power
And answer his command.
A hundred steeds are in his stalls,
His ships are on the sea,
While wealth adorns his lordly halls—
A mighty man is he.

Now send thy thought, like yonder bird,
Far o'er the distant wave,
Where'er the songs of love are heard
Among the good and brave;
O'er all the world thy thought may roam
My songs shall echo free,
And battlefield, and quiet home
A welcome have for me.

The noble may have wealth and pride,
A high and titled name,
But what are all he has beside
A Poet's living fame?
His might is bounded by those hills,
Mine like the ocean rolls,
A thousand hands work when he wills,
I sway ten thousand souls!

A faithful heart in him may live,
And all its love be thine,
But O! the Poet's heart can give
A passion more divine.
His love will fade away with years,
And end with death at last,
But mine will live in smiles and tears
When centuries have pass'd.





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