Love
A Serenade
From The Golden Treasury, ed. F. T. Palgrave (1861)
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
The sun has left the lea,
The orange-flower perfumes the bower,
The breeze is on the sea.
The lark, his lay who trill'd all day,
Sits hush'd his partner nigh;
Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour,
But where is County Guy?
The village maid steals through the shade
Her shepherd's suit to hear;
To Beauty shy, by lattice high,
Sings high-born Cavalier.
The star of Love, all stars above,
Now reigns o'er earth and sky,
And high and low the influence know--
But where is County Guy?
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Scott, Walter. “A Serenade.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/14/.
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Scott, Walter. “A Serenade.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/scott/14/.
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