Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79.
Waters of Ellé
By Lady Caroline Lamb (17851828)(From Glenarvon)
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Smooth and untroubled o’er the flowery vale.
On thy green banks once more the wild rose blowing,
Greets the young Spring, and scents the passing gale.
One still too dear first breathed his vows to thee.
“Wear this,” he cried, his guileful love disclosing,
“Near to thy heart, in memory of me.”
Love’s blighted flower can never bloom again.
Weep for thy fault, in heart and mind degraded;
Weep, if thy tears can wash away the stain.