Classic Poem

By Cliffwood rocks I took my way
With sorrow-sunken mind,
As slowly waned the ling'ring day
To labour-worn mankind.
No shadow fell on slope or dell,
'Twas sunless, though not wet;
The sun was clouded off to me,
I saw not where it set.

I pass'd the lawn where once I sought
My joy at Mary's door,
And where I linger'd still in thought
When I was there no more.
For while all gay in merry play
We there at evening met,
Unheeded sank the horned moon,
I saw not when it set.

I came from foreign lands, once more
By that dear way to roam;
But she's no longer at her door,
She's at a better home.
That she had lain one day in pain
No tidings did I get;
My sun went down unknown to me,
I knew not when it set.