THE swallow with summer Will wing o'er the seas, The wind that I sigh to Will visit thy trees. The ship that it hastens Thy ports will contain, But me! -- I must never See England again! There's many that weep there, But one weeps alone, For the tears that are falling So far from her own; So far from thy own, love, We know not our pain; If death is between us, Or only the main. When the white cloud reclines On the verge of the sea, I fancy the white cliffs, And dream upon thee; But the cloud spreads its wings To the blue heaven and flies. We never shall meet, love, Except in the skies! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOUSES OF DREAMS by SARA TEASDALE CINQUAIN: NOVEMBER NIGHT by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY THE AGED STRANGER; AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A NYMPH'S PASSION by BEN JONSON SONNET: 21 by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL DEWEY IN MANILA BAY [MAY 1, 1898] by RICHARD VORHEES RISLEY UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 38 by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |