Jockey's Taen the Parting Kiss
written in 1795
Jockey's Taen the Parting Kiss - meaning Summary
Separation and Faithful Love
This short lyric records a lover’s farewell as Jockey departs over the hills. The speaker asks the weather and elements to spare him, while confessing that her happiness goes with him and grief remains. Evening scenes shift the tone toward tenderness: she wishes him safe sleep and imagines him thinking of her and naming her fondly. The poem contrasts physical separation with emotional constancy, closing on the reassurance that although he roves afar, Jockey’s heart remains at home with the speaker.
Read Complete AnalysesJockey's taen the parting kiss, O'er the mountains he is gane , And with him is a' my bliss, Nought but griefs with me remain, Spare my Love, ye winds that blaw , Plashy sleets and beating rain! Spare my Love, thou feath'ry snaw , Drifting o'er the frozen plain! When the shades of evening creep O'er the day's fair , gladsome e'e , Sound and safely may he sleep, Sweetly blythe his waukening be. He will think on her he loves, Fondly he'll repeat her name; For where'er he distant roves, Jockey's heart is still at hame.
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