Skip to content
Linespedia

Near the Lake.

Topics: classic

Near the lake where drooped the willow,                 Long time ago!--     Where the rock threw back the billow                 Brighter than snow--     Dwelt a maid, beloved and cherished                 By high and low;     But with autumn's leaf she perished,                 Long time ago!     Rock and tree and flowing water,                 Long time ago!--     Bee and bird and blossom taught her                 Love's spell to know!     While to my fond words she listened,                 Murmuring low,     Tenderly her dove-eyes glistened,                 Long time ago!     Mingled were our hearts for ever,                 Long time ago!     Can I now forget her?--Never!                 No--lost one--no!     To her grave these tears are given,                 Ever to flow:     She's the star I missed from heaven,                 Long time ago!

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Near the lake where drooped the willow,..."

"Near the Lake." is a quintessential example of George Pope Morris's signature style... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"You remember--don't you, brother--             In our early years,     The counsels of our poor, dear mother,             And her hopes and fea"

"Deliver us from evil, Heavenly Father!         It still besets us wheresoe'er we go!     Bid the bright rays of revelation gather         To li"

"In the days that are gone, by this sweet-flowing water,         Two lovers reclined in the shade of a tree;     She was the mountain-king's rosy"

""Lord of the castle! oh, where goest thou?     Why is the triumph of pride on thy brow?"     "Pilgrim, my bridal awaits me to-day,     Over the"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"You remember--don't you, brother--             In ..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.