Poem: Too Late

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Too Late

 Delayed till she had ceased to know, Delayed till in its vest of snow    Her loving bosom lay. An hour behind the fleeting breath, Later by just an hour than death, -    Oh, lagging yesterday!  Could she have guessed that it would be; Could but a crier of the glee    Have climbed the distant hill; Had not the bliss so slow a pace, - Who knows but this surrendered face    Were undefeated still?  Oh, if there may departing be Any forgot by victory    In her imperial round, Show them this meek apparelled thing, That could not stop to be a king,    Doubtful if it be crowned!