Laurence Hope

NORAH

I knew his house by the poplar trees—

Green and silvery in the breeze;

“A heaven-high hedge,” were the words he said,

“And holly-hocks—pink and white and red....”

It seemed so far from McChesney’s Hall

Where first he told me about it all....

A long path runs inside from the gate,

He still can take it early or late;