STAY near me -- do not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee: Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art! A solemn image to my heart, My father's family! Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days, The time, when, in our childish plays, My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly! A very hunter did I rush Upon the prey: -- with leaps and springs I followed on from brake to bush; But she, God love her, feared to brush The dust from off its wings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WET WASH by MARIANA BACHMAN BRUCE: IN PRAISE OF FREEDOM by JOHN BARBOUR TWELVE SONNETS: 5. GLAD SEASONS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TIRESOME SPRING by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 23 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT BLACKBIRDS by CLARA EXLINE BOCKOVEN |