Could I forget thee, I should forget (Love being all one) to stand at gaze Sometimes descending by winding ways And say of the earth, How very fair! I should forget to forget dull care. Could I forget thee, I should forget (Love being all one) the pride of youth That would not abate one tittle of truth -- Such things as are reckoned or rendered vain. I should forget to forget my gain. Could I forget thee, I should forget (Love being all one) the thing afar We may face like a faintly illuming star But were never destined to run to, sweet. I should forget to forget defeat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 3. BY HER AUNT'S GRAVE by THOMAS HARDY OPPORTUNITY by JOHN JAMES INGALLS EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS THE UNKNOWN GOD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD DRAMATIC IDYLS: 2ND SERIES. EPILOGUE by ROBERT BROWNING EXTEMPORE LINES IN ANSWER TO A CARD by ROBERT BURNS THE OLD PATHWAY by NELLE J. COLBERT POSTHUMOUS TALES: TALE 19. MASTER WILLIAM; OR, LAD'S LOVE by GEORGE CRABBE |