Dear maid, with whom I, happy, wander’d back,
To roam o’er that now sacred, hallow’d ground,
Where Smith who trod old ocean’s stormy track,
The noble state of chivalry did found.
Delightful hours thou mad’st them all, when I
Went musing there with thee, my spirit guide,
I saw the chieftain with his eagle eye,
And all his val’rous comrades, by his side.
I saw the doubtful scene; the hard assay,
The daring crown’d with victory at last;
I saw the ancient forest fall away,
I saw the little empire spreading fast.
And, on through other realms in charmed life,
I follow’d, by thy silver accents led,
So sweet, the summer air with bliss seem’d rife,
And harping angels hover’d o’er my head.
But yet–farewell! with sadden’d, sinking heart,
I turn from all the joys I late have known,
Where from the rushing crowd I oft shall start,
To find myself dejected and alone.
Yet, sometimes thou return, and with those eyes
Bright as an angel’s, look on me again,
So I shall feel the wonted raptures rise,
And I shall lose the deaden’d sense of pain!
(James Avis Bartley)
More Poetry from James Avis Bartley:
James Avis Bartley Poems based on Topics: Joy & Excitement, Happiness, Angels, Life, Pain, Summer- Pocahontas (James Avis Bartley Poems)
- The Princess Of Peru (James Avis Bartley Poems)
- Napoleon (James Avis Bartley Poems)
- Elfindale (James Avis Bartley Poems)
- The Lover (James Avis Bartley Poems)
- Australia; Or The New Goldden Age (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life Poems, Joy & Excitement Poems, Pain Poems, Happiness Poems, Summer Poems, Angels PoemsBased on Keywords: deaden, yet-farewell
- Poem For The Two Hundred And Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Founding Of Harvard College (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
- The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Second. (Henry Alford Poems)
- A Story Of Doom: Book I. (Jean Ingelow Poems)
- An Anatomy Of The World... (John Donne Poems)
- Festus - XVI (Philip James Bailey Poems)