Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG GIRL, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: Do not forget, / when you are old Last Line: "once and for aye enshrined you as her lover." Subject(s): Aging; Death; Honor; Love Affairs; Youth; Dead, The | ||||||||
DO not forget, When you are old, Margaret, And I amcold, That long ago I was your loyal lover. Two, when we met, Were you,no more, Margaret; And Itwoscore; Far in the past, those sunlit days are over, Those days God let Shine pure and bright, Margaret, When man and mite Merrily played amid the summer clover. My sun has set That yours might rise, Margaret; Now all men's eyes Rejoice your radiant beauty to discover. And yet, and yet My soul says slowly: "Margaret Does not forget! Her child-heart holy Once and for aye enshrined you as her lover." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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