IT hap'd a gentle youth—a lordly heir To vast domains—did annually repair Unto this country mansion, to renew His pleasant visits to his Uncle Prew: The fair-hair'd stripling proved a welcome guest, For there was something in his generous breast Which won for him the universal mark (From Bishop Butler, to the parish-clerk), Of friendship—nay, the love of one and all; The village matrons, all were wont to call Him "the young Squire"; and as he pass'd their way They'd call their daughters from the washing-tray, Or spinning-wheel, or the old-fashion'd loom, Or in the midst of scrubbing out a room, Or at the pigs' sty—where they were intent Upon the beast, which paid the yearly rent; And forth they'd come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO RUSSIA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER IN A GARDEN by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TWO SONGS FROM THE PERSIAN: 1 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH JENNY WI' THE AIRN TEETH by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE POOR MAN'S PIG by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN FIAMMETT: SONNET. OF FIAMMETTA SINGING by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |