A little longer stay in sight! - By William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

STAY near me--do not take thy flight!

 A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find in thee,

Historian of my infancy! Float near me; do not yet depart!

 

Dead times revive in thee:

 

Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!

 

 

A solemn image to my heart, My father's family!

Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,

 

My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!

 

A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:--with leaps and springs

I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.