Nature

Sometimes When My Lady Sits by Me

by Robert Bridges 1844–1930

From Shorter Poems, Book I

Nature

Sometimes when my lady sits by me
My rapture's so great, that I tear
My mind from the thought that she's nigh me,
And strive to forget that she's there.
And sometimes when she is away
Her absence so sorely does try me,
That I shut to my eyes, and assay
To think she is there sitting by me.

MLA

Bridges, Robert. “Sometimes When My Lady Sits by Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/140/.

Chicago

Bridges, Robert. “Sometimes When My Lady Sits by Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/140/.

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