Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MEMORY (1), by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poet's Biography First Line: One bright memory shines like a star Last Line: And light the dark valley before me. Subject(s): Memory | ||||||||
One bright memory shines like a star In the sky of my spirit forever; And over my pathway it flashes afar A radiance that perishes never. One bright memory -- only one; And I walk by the light of its gleaming; It brightens my days, and when days are done It shines in the night o'er my dreaming. One bright memory, whose golden rays Illumine the gloom of my sorrows, And I know that its lustre will gladden my gaze In the shadows of all my to-morrows. One bright memory; when I am sad I lift up my eyes to its shining, And the clouds pass away, and my spirit grows glad, And my heart hushes all its repining. One bright memory; others have passed Back into the shadows forever; But it, far and fair, bright and true to the last, Sheds a light that will pass away never. Shine on, shine always, thou star of my days! And when Death's starless night gathers o'er me, Beam brighter than ever adown on my gaze, And light the dark valley before me. | 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 SENTINEL SONGS: 1 by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN |
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