I would not remember now, Saviour How I sinned, I would not remember now, Saviour, But how my yellow ankles sang Running in the wind; How my laughter, like a flag, Floated out and hung In the orchard where I ran -- (Shepherd, I was young). @3Fair the pears we stole@1, Lord. I have set it all In a book confessing Sin and sinner's fall. Now I am an old man, Waiting, Lord, until I shall see my last star Beckon and grow still. And I would remember, Not the days I erred, Not the nights I wandered from The shining of your word, But I would remember What it was to be A boy alive in Africa, Beneath a silver tree! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE CHILDREN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR SMALL BEGINNINGS by CHARLES MACKAY THE SWAN SONG OF PARSON AVERY by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER AH, HAD I SEEN THEE SOONER! by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS A STRANGER IN SEYTHOPOLIS by KATHARINE LEE BATES ALEXANDER VI DINES WITH THE CARDINAL OF CAPUA by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |