AND are ye one of Hermitage - Of Hermitage, by Ivel Road, And do ye know, in Hermitage A thatch-roofed house where sengreens grow? And does John Waywood live there still - He of the name that there abode When father hurdled on the hill Some fifteen years ago? Does he now speak o' Patty Beech, The Patty Beech he used to - see, Or ask at all if Patty Beech Is known or heard of out this way? - Ask ever if she's living yet, And where her present home may be, And how she bears life's fag and fret After so long a day? In years agone at Hermitage This faded face was counted fair, None fairer; and at Hermitage We swore to wed when he should thrive. But never a chance had he or I, And waiting made his wish outwear, And Time, that dooms man's love to die, Preserves a maid's alive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE by THOMAS HARDY SONNET TO THE HUNGARIAN NATION by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE BELLES OF MAUCHLINE by ROBERT BURNS HIS SONG FOR HER WAKING by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR THE RITTER BANN by THOMAS CAMPBELL MONODY ON THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON (FIRST VERSION) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |