(To the maiden with the hidden face in Abbey's painting) The other maidens raised their eyes to him Who stumbled in before them when the fight Had left him victor, with a victor's right. I think his eyes with quick hot tears grew dim; He scarcely saw her swaying white and slim, And trembling slightly, dreaming of his might, Nor knew he touched her hand, as strangely light As a wan wraith's beside a river's rim. The other maidens raised their eyes to see And only she has hid her face away, And yet I ween she loved him more than they, And very fairly fashioned was her face. Yet for Love's shame and sweet humility, She dared not meet him with their queenlike grace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNCLE JIM'S BAPTIST REVIVAL HYMN by SIDNEY LANIER HAILSTORM IN MAY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE SUMTER [APRIL 12, 1861] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN THE LEAF by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF OUR BELOVED GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON by CAROLINE AUGUSTA BALL |