1540. From "The Birth of Galahad" by Richard Hovey. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1540. From “The Birth of Galahad”

Ylen’s Song

By Richard Hovey


AND if he should come again
In the old glad way,
I should smile and take his hand.
What were there to say?

I should close my eyes and smile,	5
And my soul would be
Like the peace of summer noons
Beside the sea.