A Letter To Doctor Ingelo, then With My Lord Whitlock, Amba
July 5, 2023Tournesol
July 5, 2023Romance
MY Love dwelt in a Northern land.
A gray tower in a forest green
Was hers, and far on either hand
The long wash of the waves was seen,
And leagues on leagues of yellow sand,
The woven forest boughs between!
And through the silver Northern night
The sunset slowly died away,
And herds of strange deer, lily-white,
Stole forth among the branches gray;
About the coming of the light,
They fled like ghosts before the day!
I know not if the forest green
Still girdles round that castle gray;
I know not if the boughs between
The white deer vanish ere the day;
Above my Love the grass is green,
My heart is colder than the clay!
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic who was known for his collections of fairy tales and folklore. Some of his famous works include "The Blue Fairy Book" and "The Book of Romance."