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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHOSTS OF MEMORIES, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: Ofttimes the strange thought comes to you and me
Last Line: That once of old, as now, I loved you well!
Subject(s): Love; Memory
First Line: Ofttimes the strange thought comes to you and me
Last Line: That once of old, as now, I loved you well!
Subject(s): Love; Memory
OFTTIMES the strange thought comes to you and me
That we have lived through these same scenes before—
Perhaps in some old life whose memory
Has died a million years ago, or more!
Above the grave of that old life that lies
So buried there beneath the centuries,
A ghost of memory sometimes may rise—
A ghost too restless there to lie at ease,
Too vague to take again the form it wore,
Yet potent still to make us feel and know
The stage is set as it was set before,
So looked and spoke the actors long ago!
Comes such a haunting memory to tell
That once of old, as now, I loved you well!
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