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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROSY MUSK-MALLOW (ROMANY LOVE-SONG), by ALICE E. GILLINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: The rosy musk - mallow blooms where the south wind blows Last Line: Follows our footsteps after! Alternate Author Name(s): Romany Rawny, The | |||
THE rosy musk-mallow blooms where the south wind blows, O my gypsy rose! In the deep dark lanes where thou and I must meet; So sweet! Before the harvest moon's gold glints over the down, Or the brown-sailed trawler returns to the gray sea-town, The rosy musk-mallow sways, and the south wind's laughter Follows our footsteps after! The rosy musk-mallow blooms by the moor-brook's flow, So daintily O! Where thou and I in the silence of night must pass, My lass! Over the stream with its ripple of song, to-night, We will fly, we will run together, my heart's delight! The rosy musk-mallow sways, and the moor-brook's laughter Follows our footsteps after! The rosy musk-mallow blooms within sound of the sea; It curtseys to thee, O my gypsy-queen, it curtseys adown to thy feet; So sweet! When dead leaves drift through the dusk of the autumn day, And the red elf-lanthorns hang from the spindle-spray, The rosy musk-mallow sways, and the sea's wild laughter Follows our footsteps after! The rosy musk-mallow blooms where the dim wood sleeps, And the bind-weed creeps; Through tangled wood-paths unknown we must take our flight, To-night! As the pale hedge-lilies around the dark elder wind, Clasp thy white arms about me, nor look behind. The rosy musk-mallow is closed, and the soft leaves' laughter Follows our footsteps after! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SEVEN WHISTLERS by ALICE E. GILLINGTON THE LAWYERS KNOW TOO MUCH by CARL SANDBURG REASONS FOR DRINKING by HENRY ALDRICH THE SHEPHERD BOY'S SONG, FR. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by JOHN BUNYAN THE DESERTED HOUSE by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER by JOHN DRYDEN THE NIGHT-PIECE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK THE SORROWS OF WERTHER by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY IT IS ENOUGH by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS NETLEY ABBEY; A LEGEND OF HAMPSHIRE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |
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