Traveller, Poet and Knight of the Realm.

Sir Stanley Coulton (1853 - 1915)

Sir Stanley Coulton was a wit, a raconteur and an artist. He was a philanthropist and keen rose gardener (penning several volumes on the subject). He is best remembered for his elegaiac and thoughtful poetry. He captured a real sense of longing and loss, especially in his widely read collection on the North York Moors and the Black Meadow.


Wednesday 10 October 2012

Can you tell me maiden fair? (1892)

Perhaps one of Sir Stanley Coulton's most famous poems (soon to be published in "Tales from the Black Meadow" - (Exiled Publications)) this echoes his concerns about love and loss. After his beloved wife Dorothea died in childbirth Sir Stanley became very reclusive and spent much of his time on the North York Moors. This poem was based on a rhyme that he heard at the Plough Inn in Sleights.

Can you tell me, maiden fair
Can you tell me if or where
I shall see my child again
Walk upon the fields of men?
Will she ever stumble back
From the meadow all a’black? 
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