A Morning Meeting. VillanelleMay ClarissaGillington (Byron)Gillington, May Clarissa (Byron)IllustratorUnsigned
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A Morning Meeting.
Villanelle.The dawn had turned from
grey to goldAlong the lonely eaſtward down ;I took the pathway towards the fold.The little wind came light and cold,A-ſhivering through the graſſes brown ;The dawn had turned from grey to gold.Back o’er the ſea the night-cloud roll’d,Far off beyond the fiſhing-town ;I took the pathway towards the fold.O, was it maid of earthly mould,On whoſe bright hair and floating gownThe dawn had turned from grey to gold ?Fain would I eager words withhold,But forth they flashed. “ O, had ſhe knownI took the pathway towards the fold ? ”She bluſhed,—ſhe “ feared I thought her bold,”She drooped her head like bud half-blown ;The dawn had turned from grey to gold.The ſun ſhot up. My tale untold,My chance foregone,—O, fool and clown !—The dawn had turned from grey to gold,—I took the pathway towards the fold.M. C. Gillington.