Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A RUINED HOUSE IN A ROMANTIC COUNTRY, by ROYALL TYLER Poet's Biography First Line: And this reft house is that the which he built Last Line: Peeps in fair fragments forth the full orb'd harvest moon! Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806) | ||||||||
And this reft house is that the which he built, Lamented Jack! and here his malt he piled, Cautious in vain! these rats that squeak so wild, Squeak, not unconscious of their father's guilt. Did ye not see her gleaming through the glade! Belike, 'twas she, the maiden all forlorn. What though she milk no cow with crumpled horn, Yet, aye, she haunts the dale where erst she stray'd; And, aye, beside her stalks her amorous knight! Still on his thighs their wonted brogues are worn, And through those brogues, still tatter'd and betorn, His hindward charms gleam an unearthly white; As when through broken clouds at night's high noon Peeps in fair fragments forth the full orb'd harvest moon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO THE INDIAN MUCKAWISS by ROYALL TYLER ON THE SONNETS OF MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH by JANE WEST INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER A BASHFUL LOVER by ROYALL TYLER A CHRISTMAS HYMN by ROYALL TYLER A PROLOGUE TO BE SPOKEN BY MR. FRANKLEY by ROYALL TYLER A REPUTATION VINDICATED by ROYALL TYLER |
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