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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIES, by FENTON JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: When at evening in the vale I walk
Last Line: In the heart of dying marigold.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Memory
First Line: When at evening in the vale I walk
Last Line: In the heart of dying marigold.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Memory
When at evening in the vale I walk,
Wrapt in memories of dear Lucille;
When among the violets I lie,
All my hours of love before me steal.
Earth and heaven was this maid to me,
And her voice the song of lark and wren;
Now that she hath left my heart I know
Through the love of women God makes men.
If in distant countries I should dwell
With a people strange and proudly cold,
I would always see my long lost love
In the heart of dying marigold.
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