Nature

I've Been Roaming

by George Darley 1795–1846

From Victorian Songs: Lyrics of the Affections and Nature, ed. Edmund H. Garrett (1895)

Nature

I 've been roaming! I 've been roaming!
Where the meadow dew is sweet,
And like a queen I 'm coming
With its pearls upon my feet.

I 've been roaming! I 've been roaming!
O'er red rose and lily fair,
And like a sylph I 'm coming
With their blossoms in my hair.

I 've been roaming! I 've been roaming!
Where the honeysuckle creeps,
And like a bee I 'm coming
With its kisses on my lips.

I 've been roaming! I 've been roaming!
Over hill and over plain,
And like a bird I 'm coming
To my bower back again!

MLA

Darley, George. “I've Been Roaming.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/darley/3/.

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Darley, George. “I've Been Roaming.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/darley/3/.

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