Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON PARTING WITH A FRIEND, by MARY WESTON FORDHAM First Line: Can I forget thee!? No, while mem'ry lasts Last Line: "unite, ne'er more (rapt thought) to say ""farewell!" Subject(s): Friendship; Life; Love | ||||||||
Can I forget thee? No, while mem'ry lasts, Thine image like a talisman entwined, Around my heart by sacred friendship's ties Remains unchanged, in love, pure love, enshrined. Can I forget thee? Childhood's happy hours Would like some flitting phantom mock and jeer; Life's sunny hours, would quickly lose their charm, If Lethe's slumbrous waves but touched me there. Can I forget thee? 'Tis a sad, sad thought. That friend from friend should thus be ruthless riven -- But list, methinks, a sweet voice whispers low, Remember, no adieus are spoke in heaven. Can I forget thee? No, though ocean's waves May madly leap and foam 'twixt you and me, Still o'er my stricken heart this yearning will remain, Nor time estrange my love, dear one, from thee. And though on earth again we never more may meet, In that bright Elysian where spirits, holy, dwell, May we in concert with that transported throng, Unite, ne'er more (rapt thought) to say "farewell!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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