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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOON UPON THE LAKE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: I looked across the water Last Line: Ah me! It is the loon alone - the loon upon the lake | |||
I looked across the water, I bent o'er it and listened, I thought it was my lover, My true lover's paddle glistened. Joyous thus his light canoe would the silver ripples wake. -- But no! -- it is the loon alone -- the loon upon the lake. Ah me! it is the loon alone -- the loon upon the lake. I see the fallen maple Where he stood, his red scarf waving, Though waters nearly bury Boughs they then were newly laving. I hear his last farewell, as it echoed from the brake. -- But no, it is the loon alone -- the loon upon the lake, Ah me! it is the loon alone -- the loon upon the lake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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