Love Without Hope by Robert Graves

Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher
Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter,
So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly
Singing about her head, as she rode by.

More from Robert Graves:

• Careers
• An Old Twenty-Third Man
• When I’M Killed
• A Boy In Church
• Love Without Hope
• I’D Love To Be A Fairy’s Child