Tread lightly in the lane-way, A little bride's asleep— Last night along the shadows We heard the Banshee creep! O from each little feather'd coat There trills a birdeen's wakening note! The may's new blooms decked out in white Tip-toed on branches down the night! Love lingers in the lane-way— O, wooing thrush-mate's song! Love laughs among the may-blooms; The child-bride's sleep is long * * * — | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PORTRAIT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 7 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY CHARACTERS: MARY HOLLAND ENFIELD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 114. A LATER DEDICATION by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT EPOGRAM; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT THE KING'S ARMS, DUMFRIES by ROBERT BURNS |