And now, far removed from the loved habitation, The tear of regret will intrusively swell, As fancy reverts to my fathers plantation, And sighs for the bucket that hung in the well.
ATTRIBUTION:
Samuel Woodworth (17881842), U.S. poet. The Old Oaken Bucket (l. 2124). . .
Favorite Poems Old and New. Helen Ferris, ed. (1957) Doubleday & Company.