I, THAT was silent long, at last May praise with a good grace -- Your morning smile, your gallant heart Your honest eyes and face. Go on, go down your radiant years, Fulfill your destined part, But then as now, ah! keep for me That corner of your heart. Loyal and kind you were at first And will be to the end: Keep ever, what your youth has earned A loyal woman friend! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A YOUNG LADY'S SIXTH ANNIVERSARY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DINING-ROOM TEA by RUPERT BROOKE NATIONALITY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS TO AN INSECT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES I SAW THREE SHIPS by MOTHER GOOSE RICHARD CORY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON INSULTING BEAUTY by JOHN WILMOT IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO by MARY ASTELL |