{"id":10070,"date":"2023-10-25T21:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2023-10-25T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:54:03","slug":"the-vampire-by-james-clerk-maxwell-1845","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-vampire-by-james-clerk-maxwell-1845\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845<\/h2>\n

Translated into modern English by R Edwards<\/p>\n

There is a knight riding through the woods,
\nA brave and noble knight is he.
\nAnd surely he is on an urgent quest,
\nHe rides so hastily.<\/p>\n

He passed the oak and the birch trees,
\nAnd many other trees passed he,
\nBut pleasant to him was the slender willow,
\nFor beneath it he did see<\/p>\n

The fairest lady that he ever saw,
\nShe was so bright and fair.
\nAnd there she sat beneath the willow,
\nCombing her golden hair.<\/p>\n

The knight said \u201cOh beautiful lady,
\nWhat chance has brought you here?
\nJust say the word and you shall go
\nBack to your family dear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fair lady spoke up:
\n\u201cI have no friends or kin,
\nBut in a little boat I live,
\nAmidst the waves\u2019 loud din.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brave knight answered:
\n\u201cI will follow you through all,
\nFor if you live in a little boat,
\nThe world seems to it small.\u201d<\/p>\n

They went through the woods, to the end they came:
\nAnd there they saw the sea foam white.<\/p>\n

And then they saw the tiny boat,<\/p>\n

That danced atop the waves so bright.
\nFirst got in the fair lady,
\nThen the brave knight.<\/p>\n

They rowed in the tiny boat
\nWith all their might;
\nBut the brave knight turned about,
\nAnd looked upon the lady bright;<\/p>\n

He looked upon her rosy cheek,
\nAnd into her eyes so bright,
\nBut her cheek grew deathly pale,
\nAs if she was dead that night.<\/p>\n

The false, false knight grew pale with fright,<\/p>\n

His hair stood up on end,
\nFor days gone by came to his mind,
\nAnd his former love he did recognize.<\/p>\n

The lady spoke \u201cYou false knight
\nHave done me great ill,
\nYou did forsake me long ago,
\nBut I am constant still;<\/p>\n

For though I lie in these cold woods,
\nAt rest I cannot be
\nUntil I suck the lifeblood<\/p>\n

Of the man who caused me to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

He saw her lips were wet with blood,
\nAnd her merciless eyes did shine,
\nLoud he cried \u201cGet away from my side,<\/p>\n

You unclean vampire corpse!\u201d<\/p>\n

But no, he was in her magic boat,
\nOn the wide and winding sea;
\nAnd the vampire sucked his lifeblood,
\nShe sucked until he died.<\/p>\n

So beware, whoever you are,
\nThat walks in this lonely wood:
\nBeware of that deceitful ghost,
\nThe ghoul that drinks the blood.<\/p>\n

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James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist who made major contributions to electromagnetism and thermodynamics. He is best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together electricity, magnetism, and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.<\/p>\n

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