Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMEMBRANCE, by JOHN HENRY BONER Poet's Biography First Line: I think that we retain of our dead friends Last Line: Remember only when her babe first smiled. Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothers; Death - Babies | ||||||||
I THINK that we retain of our dead friends And absent ones no general portraiture; That perfect memory does not long endure, But fades and fades until our own life ends. Unconsciously, forgetfulness attends That grief for which there is no other cure, But leaves of each lost one some record sure, -- A look, an act, a tone, -- something that lends Relief and consolation, not regret. Even that poor mother mourning her dead child, Whose agonizing eyes with tears are wet, Whose bleeding heart cannot be reconciled Unto the grave's embrace, -- even she shall yet Remember only when her babe first smiled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM by JOHN HENRY BONER |
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