Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM AN OLD, OLD CASTLE, by WINIFRED WELLES First Line: I would lie down and launch my pain Last Line: Sorry enough at sight of me!) Alternate Author Name(s): Shearer, Harold H., Mrs. Subject(s): Castles | ||||||||
I would lie down and launch my pain, All fern and lily-laden, Over the water like Elaine, Another deathly maiden -- (If it were a steady barge And the river not too large.) I, too, would drift a careless face Under the doleful willow, And be content to ease my grace On a mossy board for pillow -- (If some one would unbraid my hair And spread my ribbons out with care.) If Launcelot should shake his head, And the Queen grieve sedately, I would rejoice that I was dead, And rest there still and stately -- (If I were only sure they'd be Sorry enough at sight of me!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE ROCK OF CASHEL by AUBREY DE VERE THE HAUNTED PALACE by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE CASTLE BY THE SEA by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND ODE TO LUDLOW CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN ON SEEING BLENHEIM CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN AN OLD CASTLE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE CASTLE RUINS by WILLIAM BARNES MY HIDING PLACE AND ME by BARBARA BROOKS BIXLEY |
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