HER dark attire thus wearing My love appears to my sight Like a tale of sorrow despairing That's told in the long summer night: "In the magical garden there wander "Two lovers mute and alone; "Sweet sing the nightingales yonder, "The moonbeams are over them thrown. "Like a statue the maiden stands mildly, "At her feet the faithful knight lies; "The forest giant comes wildly, "The sorrowing maiden soon flies. "Soon the knight on the ground lies all gory, "The giant goes home at his ease --" And when I am buried, the story Is ended as soon as you please. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK EPITHALAMIUM by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN VERSES ON SEEING THE SPEAKER ASLEEP IN HIS CHAIR by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED GETTYSBURG [JULY 1-3, 1863] by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE |