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WEEPING ALONE.
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
And the wail of the wind swept by,
And clouds clean covered the sky,
And never a blade was dry
Of the grass by her, weeping alone!
And the wail of the wind swept by,
And clouds clean covered the sky,
And never a blade was dry
Of the grass by her, weeping alone!
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Tear-stained face that was fair
Once, wind-waved beautiful hair,
Sad eyes, how came you there
In the wet grass, weeping alone?
Tear-stained face that was fair
Once, wind-waved beautiful hair,
Sad eyes, how came you there
In the wet grass, weeping alone?
127
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Head upon hands and knees
Huddled up to the head one sees,
Look close, and wonderment flees,
And pity is left alone!
Head upon hands and knees
Huddled up to the head one sees,
Look close, and wonderment flees,
And pity is left alone!
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Hair that a man might stroke
Strayed, trailed from under a cloak
That covers her head from the folk
That laugh at a maiden alone!
Hair that a man might stroke
Strayed, trailed from under a cloak
That covers her head from the folk
That laugh at a maiden alone!
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Where is he, what is he like,
Has he lifted a sword to strike
In the wars, or a ploughboy's pike,
And left his sweetheart alone?
Where is he, what is he like,
Has he lifted a sword to strike
In the wars, or a ploughboy's pike,
And left his sweetheart alone?
128
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Where is he, perhaps he is dead,
Buried in blood for a bed,
With the sod for a pillow instead
Of her breast, and she is alone!
Where is he, perhaps he is dead,
Buried in blood for a bed,
With the sod for a pillow instead
Of her breast, and she is alone!
I saw a maiden weeping alone—
Where is he, yet it may be
He lives, and has left her, and she
Will never his false face see
Any more, so she weepeth alone!
Where is he, yet it may be
He lives, and has left her, and she
Will never his false face see
Any more, so she weepeth alone!
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