The Rover's Adieu
The Rover's Adieu - meaning Summary
Farewell of a Rover
This short lyric presents a soldier or wanderer bidding a resigned farewell to his beloved. The speaker sketches the woman’s gentle, domestic duties and the rover’s jaunty dress, then turns to a vow of long absence. Seasonal imagery—June roses and winter snow—marks the contrast between present warmth and anticipated separation. The tone is mournful but restrained, focusing on inevitability and the melancholy dignity of parting.
Read Complete AnalysesWeary lot is thine, fair maid, A weary lot is thine! To pull the thorn thy brow to braid, And press the rue for wine. A lightsome eye, a soldier's mien, A feather of the blue, A doublet of the Lincoln green— No more of me ye knew, My Love! No more of me ye knew. 'This morn is merry June, I trow, The rose is budding fain; But she shall bloom in winter snow Ere we two meet again.' —He turn'd his charger as he spake Upon the river shore, He gave the bridle-reins a shake, Said 'Adieu for evermore, My Love! And adieu for evermore.'
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