INSIDE my father's close, (Fly away O my heart away!) Sweet apple-blossom blows So sweet. Three kings' daughters fair, (Fly away O my heart away!) They lie below it there So sweet. 'Ah!' says the eldest one, (Fly away O my heart away!) I think the day's begun So sweet.' 'Ah!' says the second one, (Fly away O my heart away!) 'Far off I hear the drum So sweet.' 'Ah!' says the youngest one, (Fly away O my heart away!) 'It's my true love, my own, So sweet. 'Oh! if he fight and win,' (Fly away O my heart away!) 'I keep my love for him, So sweet: Oh! let him lose or win, He hath it still complete.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING IN A SUGAR ORCHARD by ROBERT FROST ODE TO THE BROWN PAPER BAG by JAMES GALVIN UNTITLED, 1968; FOR MARK ROTHKO by JAMES GALVIN SOMEBODY LOVED ME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TRIFLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY by SIDNEY LANIER |