Poem by Lesbia Harford

The Two Swans

There's a big park just close to where we live —
Trees in a row
And shaggy grass whereon the dead leaves blow.
And in the middle round a great lagoon
The fair yachts sail
In loveliness that makes the water pale.
Last night I went to walk along the road
Beside the park
And feel the kisses of the wintry dark.
It's the best place to watch the evening come
For mists are there
And lights and shadows and the lake is fair
And last night looking up I saw two swans
Fly overhead
With long black necks and their white wings outspread.
Above the houses citywards they went,
An arrowy pair
In secret — white and black and dark and fair.

1. Summer Lightning
2. Florence kneels down to say her prayers
3. A Bronte Legend
4. Pink eucalyptus flowers
5. Do you remember still the little song

Thomas Hood The Two Swans ("Immortal Imogen, crown'd queen above")

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