She parted with her lover, -- The maiden sought her pillow, Over the lake his shallop flew, On the green billow, For he said he would return again When the vesper bell should chime; The vesper bell chimed long ago, -- 'Tis past the vesper time. "And has he broke his faith?" she sighed, "The faith he pledged to me; Come back again, thou truant one, From the false and hollow sea." She dreamt she saw her lover Stand sadly by her pillow; She thought she saw his gushing blood Crimson the billow. For he said he would return again When the vesper bell should chime; The vesper bell chimed long ago, -- 'Tis past the vesper time. "Amy, I've kept my faith," he sighed, "The faith I pledged to thee; A truant from the grave I come, Beneath the hollow sea!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE LAMP OF LIFE by AMY LOWELL TO GOD THE FATHER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EUGENIA TODD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS OLD TRAILS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |