"AWAY! Let not mine eyes, my heart, behold you!" It was your right to choose; I heard you say, "Forget! We must forget!" Love might have told you 'T was vain. You could not, more than I, obey. As the dim shadows down the pastures lengthen, The further sinks the day-star's fading fire, So in your breast will tender memories strengthen, Deeper and darker as my steps retire. At every hour, in every place of meeting, Where we together shared delight and pain, Yes, everywhere will dear thoughts keep repeating, "Here, too, his voice, his look, his touch, remain!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A RESTAURANT by SARA TEASDALE FRINGED GENTIAN by EMILY DICKINSON QUATRAIN: FATE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CHRISTMAS BELLS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A SONG OF FREEDOM by ALICE MILLIGAN THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE OLD GREY MARE by MOTHER GOOSE |