TRY not, or murmur not if tried in vain, In fair rememberable words to set Each scene or presence of especial gain, As hoarded gems in precious cabinet. Simply enjoy the present loveliness; -- Let it become a portion of your being; Close your glad gaze, but see it none the less, No clearer with your eye, than spirit, seeing. And, when you part at last, turn once again, Swearing @3that@1 beauty shall be unforgot: So in far sorrows it shall ease your pain, In distant struggles it shall calm your strife, And in your further and serener life, Who says that it shall be remember'd not? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COUNTESS LAURA by GEORGE HENRY BOKER THE PET NAME by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING NIGHT AND DAY by SIDNEY LANIER EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY ON THE NEW FORCES OF CONSCIENCE UNDER THE LONG PARLIAMENT by JOHN MILTON RACHEL by WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG III IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORTIES by THOMAS BARNARD |