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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNTOUCHED AND UNDEFILED, by L. KATHLEEN KITTERMAN
First Line: I have not let the flight of days erase
Last Line: The melody we wove in happier days.
Subject(s): Love; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
First Line: I have not let the flight of days erase
Last Line: The melody we wove in happier days.
Subject(s): Love; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
I have not let the flight of days erase
The imprint of your love; nor shall the years
Find me impoverished, as one who hears --
Breaking the dull monotony of space --
The echo of a song that brings no trace
Of recognition to the listener's ears;
For poor and beggared though my heart appears
It yet shall sing the high notes of love's grace.
So say, "Goodbye," and let our fragile song
Remain a sacrament the heart can take,
Untouched and undefiled, down distant ways,
Where memory may kneel when nights are long.
Though time may cry, "Forget!", it cannot break
The melody we wove in happier days.
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