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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MEMORY, by INA DONNA COOLBRITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Through rifts of cloud the moon's soft silver slip
Last Line: How long ago, my love, how long ago!
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: Through rifts of cloud the moon's soft silver slip
Last Line: How long ago, my love, how long ago!
Subject(s): Memory
Through rifts of cloud the moon's soft silver slips,
A little rain has fallen with the night,
Which from the emerald under-sky still drips
When the magnolias open broad and white.
So near my windows I might reach my hand
And touch these milky stars that, to and fro,
Wave odorous. ... Yet 'twas in another land—
How long ago, my love, how long ago!
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