Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORGET ME NOT, by ANN PLATO First Line: When in the morning's misty hour Last Line: Forget me not. Subject(s): Memory | ||||||||
When in the morning's misty hour, When the sun beems gently o'er each flower; When thou dost cease to smile benign, And think each heart responds with thine, When seeking rest among divine, Forget me not. When the last rays of twilight fall, And thou art pacing yonder hall; When mists are gathering on the hill, Nor sound is heard save mountain rill, When all around bids peace the still, Forget me not. When the first star with brilliance bright, Gleams lonely o'er the arch of night; When the bright moon dispels the gloom, And various are the stars that bloom, And brighten as the sun at noon, Forget me not. When solemn sighs the hollow wind, And deepen'd thought enraps the mind; If e'er thou doest in mournful tone, E'er sigh because thou feel alone, Or wrapt in melancholy prone, Forget me not. When bird does wait thy absence long, Nor tend unto its morning song; While thou art searching stoic page, Or listening to an ancient sage, Whose spirit curbs a mournful rage, Forget me not. Then when in silence thou doest walk, Nor being round with whom to talk; When thou art on the mighty deep, And do in quiet action sleep; If we no more on earth do meet, Forget me not. When brightness round thee long shall bloom, And knelt remembering those in gloom; And when in deep oblivion's shade, This breathless, mouldering form is laid, And thy terrestrial body staid, Forget me not. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES by ANN PLATO REFLECTIONS, WRITTEN ON VISITING THE GRAVE OF A FRIEND by ANN PLATO |
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