Page:Poems Brown.djvu/86

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
80
poems.
Ah! lovely curl of dark-brown hue,
How fast my tear-drops fall,
How fast my heartstrings beat and throb
As I these scenes recall!

Then vanish from my painful sight,
Thou vision of face so fair;
For ye bring to my bosom a chilling blight,
Thou curl of dark-brown hair.