V

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Mariana

And ever when the moon was low,

And the shrill winds were up an' away,

In the white curtain, to and fro,

She saw the gusty shadow sway.

But when the moon was very low,

And wild winds bound within their cell,

The shadow of the poplar fell

Upon her bed, across her brow.

She only said, "The night is dreary,

He cometh not," she said;

She said, "I am aweary, aweary,

I would that I were dead!"

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