Some Verses: Poems: TO DIANE

The ruddy poppies bend and bow / Diane! do you remember? / The sun you knew shines proudly now / The lake still lists the breezes' vow; / Your towers are fairer for their stains, / Each stone you smiled upon remains. / Sing low, where is Diane? / Diane do you remember?

I come to find you through the years -- / Diane! do you remember? / For none may rule my love's soft fears. / The ladies now are not your peers, / I seek you thro' your tarnished halls, / Pale sorrow on my spirit falls / High, low -- where is Diane? / Diane do you remember?

I crush the poppies where I tread -- / Diane! do you remember? / Your flower of life -- so bright, so red -- / She does not hear -- Diane is dead. / I pace the sunny bowers alone / Where nought of her remains but stone. / Sing low -- where is Diane? / Diane does not remember.