SWEET was the mavis' song of eld, And how the woodlands thrilled with it! Sweeter the song of the girl I held Close to the heart that filled with it. Methinks the rose leant from the wall To kiss the lily brow of hers; And through the years I can recall The softly whispered vow of hers. We saw the evening fade afar, And parting, never met again; And ere we meet, how many a star Shall rise again and set again. The mavis' song but brings regret, The fading rose must know of it: For she is gone — I can't forget, And — ah! the bitter woe of it! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON THE DEATH OF SIR ALBERT MORTON'S WIFE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS PUCK AND THE FAIRY, FR. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HOUSEHOLD POEMS: 1. BRONWEN by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS INDIGNATION; AN ODE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE WATCHER AT THE GATE by SAMUEL HAWKINS MARSHALL BYERS FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 1. A LITTLE BREATH I'LL BORROW by THOMAS CAMPION |