O'ER hill, and dale, and distant sea, Through all the miles that stretch between, My thought must fly to rest on thee, And would -- though worlds should intervene. Nay, thou art now so dear, methinks The farther we are forced apart, Affection's firm elastic links But bind thee closer round the heart. For now we sever each from each, I learn what I have lost in thee; Alas, that nothing else could teach How great indeed my love should be! Farewell! I did not know thy worth; But thou art gone, and now 'tis prized; So angels walked unknown on earth, But when they flew were recognised! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD THE ROSE TREE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD by LUMAN R. BOWDISH SEPTEMBER, 1939 by VERA MARY BRITTAIN AN ELEGIE ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD CLERKE by ABRAHAM COWLEY |