IF I forget, -- May joy pledge this weak heart to sorrow! If I forget, -- May my soul's coloured summer borrow The hueless tones of storm and rain, Of ruth and terror, shame and pain, -- If I forget! Though you forget, -- There is no binding code for beauty; Though you forget, -- Love was your charm, but not your duty; And life's worst breeze must never bring A ruffle to your silken wing, -- Though you forget. If I forget, -- The salt creek may forget the ocean; If I forget The heart whence flows my heart's bright motion, May I sink meanlier than the worst, Abandoned, outcast, crushed, accurst, -- If I forget! Though you forget, -- No word of mine shall mar your pleasure; Though you forget, -- You filled my barren life with treasure, You may withdraw the gift you gave, You still are lord, I still am slave, -- Though you forget. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LATTER DAY by THOMAS HASTINGS CIVIL WAR by CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY FOR A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH by THALIA BELL THE FARMER'S SOLILOQUY by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN PSALM 137 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE IF WE HAD THE TIME by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |