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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANGE OF ADDRESS, by RUTH EVELYN HENDERSON
First Line: Do not delay and do not look behind
Last Line: And the fetters will be less strong on some new ground.
Subject(s): Love; Memory
First Line: Do not delay and do not look behind
Last Line: And the fetters will be less strong on some new ground.
Subject(s): Love; Memory
Do not delay and do not look behind
At the oleander ethereal under the moon.
In dark, made velvet with brooding oaks, be blind
To memory till you are safe. It is none too soon.
The ghosts of love are forging a golden chain.
They would link it about your ready hands and feet
And you would be glad of the bonds. Remembered pain
And remembered joy of love would be deadly sweet.
Hold tight your Penates and shelter the holy ember
And make no outcry and never look around.
You are taking with you all that one should remember
And the fetters will be less strong on some new ground.
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