Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 4, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Friend, dear as memory's joys! Of life that's past Last Line: Disturb the mutual trust our being shares. Subject(s): Friendship; Life; Memory | ||||||||
FRIEND, dear as Memory's joys! of life that 's past A part, and part of better life to come, If life to come there be, in some dear home Beyond the rigid clouds that overcast Our sundered lives -- all that is mine thou hast; -- All thoughts, all sympathies; -- though far I roam From you -- by mountains, streams, or ocean's foam Divided long -- yet ever, first and last, Our love knows no division. In my soul And yours, we twin-born spirits of one blood, Still, as of old, are one. No sea can roll Between its league-long melancholy flood, No separate interests, loves, or pressing cares Disturb the mutual trust our being shares. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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