Romance (Meigs)
ROMANCE
By CORNELIA MEIGS
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They said that it was time that I must read.
They chose a book I should enjoy, indeed;
But lazy, I bent down a drowsy head
Upon the page, and fell asleep instead.
I saw a wondrous troop go whirling by;
Past cloud-built castles, reaching to the sky,
A stately knight the shining army led;
I heard the spears clash and the chargers tread.
I opened eager eyes and naught could see—
Vanished was all that gallant company;
The room was empty, and the fading light
Showed no white lady and no scarlet knight.
Sighing, I set myself to read, at last,
And on the page the whole brave band marched past!
For years they had been waiting, still and hid,
Beneath the old book's dusty coverlid.
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