STAY yet awhile and watch the shadows lengthen Across the paths. The whispering voices strengthen Above us in the poplars where the light Of ageing afternoon breaks through less bright To blur the purple sun-line on the dial. Stay yet awhile. Perhaps we missed her where the roses screen Her favorite walk between the oaks that lean To form an arbor for her passing there, But she will come and make the spot more fair With all her peaceful beauty and her smile. Stay yet awhile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS SONGS WITH PRELUDES: REGRET by JEAN INGELOW TO A CERTAIN CIVILIAN by WALT WHITMAN THE LAST MAN: SUBTERRANEAN CITY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE CATHEDRAL PORCH by LAURENCE BINYON THE MAY DAY GARLAND by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LOVE'S WORD by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |