Love looked back as he took his flight, And lo, his eyes were filled with tears. Was it for love of lost delight Love looked back as he took his flight? Only I know while day grew night, Turning still to the vanished years, Love looked back as he took his flight, And lo, his eyes were filled with tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 16. CUPID HIMSELF STUNG by PHILIP AYRES THE SOLDIER'S TEAR by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: MYSTERY by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON TO FAUSTINE by ARTHUR WILLIS COLTON |