The Friday Poem: Lost Love of Lochinvar

Today's poem was written by Patch poetry maestro Jeff Burkhart.  Here is waht he has to say about his submission:
I was inspired to write"Lost Love of Lochinvar" by Walter Scott's epoch poem "Lochinvar" that I read and analyzed in my college days. I love the feel of the of Scott's "Lochinvar". Written at the turn of the 19th century, in both it's language and style, it echos the Scotland of old. It speaks nostalgically to past days and the nobility of true love irrespective of caste or wealth.

 I tried to imagine the "Braveheart" type of commitment to a woman through the eyes of a Scotsman who had given and gotten everything and in one fell swoop, lost it all.

This was first presented in "Jeff Burkhart's Rhyme and Reason" in the May 31, 2012 edition of the Benicia Herald and dedicated to Sir Walter Scott  

To Walter Scott;
Lost Love of Lochinvar  by Jeff Burkhart

Strong men came from near and far
To gaze at my fair Lochinvar
Hence came the day to birth our child
God took them up where souls compile
For seven years sailed Seven Seas
To try and ease the pain
My broken heart could not forget
My voyage quest in vain
No chance to know another love
Lament untimely death
I’ll always keep sweet Lochinvar
From now till dying breath

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