I have loved you for long long years Ellen, On you has my heart been set; I have loved you for long patient years, But you do not love me yet. Oh that the sun that rose that day Had never and never set, When I wooed and you did not turn away, Tho' you could not love me yet. I lay lands and gold at your feet Ellen, At your feet a coronet, I lay a true heart at your feet Ellen, But you do not love me yet. Oh when I too lie dead at your feet, And in death my heart is set, Will you love me then, cold proud Ellen, Tho' you will not love me yet? -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE VISION OF SPRING, 1916 by HENRY HOWARTH BASHFORD FUTILITY (FOR THE INFORMATION OF PENOLOGISTS AND SOCIOLOGISTS) by DANTE CACICI PARASOLS, FIFTY-NINE CENTS by MARY BRENNAN CLAPP GOD LEADS THE WAY by CLEANTHES |