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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FORSAKEN, by C. HAMILTON AIDE First Line: She sat beside the mountain springs Last Line: "he would not leave me here to die." | |||
SHE sat beside the mountain springs, Her feet were on the water's brink, And oft she wept when she beheld The birds that lighted there to drink; She wept: but as they spread their wings, Her sweet voice follow'd them on high: "He will return -- I know him well; He would not leave me here to die." And there she sat, as months roll'd on, Unmindful of the changing year; She heeded not the sun, or snow, All seasons were alike to her. She look'd upon the frozen stream, She listen'd to the night bird's cry: "He will return -- I know him well; He would not leave me here to die." And still she sits beside the springs, And combs the gold drips of her hair; Red berries for a bridal crown At early morn she places there. At every shadow on the grass She starts, and murmurs with a sigh, "He will return -- I know him well; He would not leave me here to die." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DANUBE RIVER by C. HAMILTON AIDE THE JAIN BIRD HOSPITAL IN DELHI by WILLIAM MEREDITH MATRES DOLOROSAE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE FARM CHILD'S LULLABY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON AFTER DEATH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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