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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD DESIRE, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: I searched thro' memory's lumber-room
Last Line: And there are ruins in my fire.
Subject(s): Desire; Earth; Memory; Ruins; World
First Line: I searched thro' memory's lumber-room
Last Line: And there are ruins in my fire.
Subject(s): Desire; Earth; Memory; Ruins; World
I SEARCHED thro' memory's lumber-room
And there I found an old desire,
I took it gently from the gloom
To cherish by my scanty fire.
And all the night a sweet-voiced one,
Sang of the place my loves abide,
'Til Earth leaned over from the dawn
And hid the last star in her side.
And often since, when most alone,
I ponder on my old desire,
But never hear the sweet-voiced one,
And there are ruins in my fire.
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