Classic Poem

1

" Chkk! chkk! " hopper-grass,
nothing but grasshoppers hopping past;
tell me how a lady can
be gay if she sees no gentleman?

But when I've seen a man at rest,
standing still, met at his post,
my heart is no more tempest-toss'd.

2

I climb South Hill to pick the turtle-fern,
seeing no man
such climb's heart-burn

but to see a good man at rest,
standing still, met at his post,
I no more think this trouble lost.

3

To climb South Hill picking the jagged fern
and see no man, who shall not pine and yearn?

But to see good man at rest
standing still there at his post
is the heart's design's utmost.