FORGET not the moments I've wander'd with you, When nature was glorious, And beautiful too. When the dash of the billow That broke on the beach, Made loftier music Than science can reach. When the clouds sailing over The bright azure sky, Look'd like structures of glory That proudly pass'd by. When the breeze sweeping near us Seem'd life to impart, And each glowing sunbeam Shone into the heart. O think of those moments, When home you return! And your social fire blazing Before you shall burn. While you, sitting by it, With many a smile, And sisterly converse, The hours shall beguile. Should fancy then wander, As wander it will, May it come back and tell you I think of you still. Should you, when 'tis starlight, Look out on the sky, And Jupiter's glory Flash full on your eye;— Will you then remember How brightly he shone In your lone sea-side parlour, When daylight was gone? And we sat and watch'd him, As sun-like he beam'd; While far, far beneath him The beacon-fire gleam'd. Or, when nights are stormy, And winter-winds high, When the war of the elements Sweeps through the sky;— Should it rouse you from slumber, May memory awake; And the sounds that disturb you Be sweet for its sake. Let their music remind you How awfully grand Was that of the wild waves On ocean's far strand! Be the tone of the tempest Like that of the sea In its pauses of silence Give one thought to me! Then turn on the pillow, And sleep until dawn; And be health, peace, and happiness, Yours on the morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLARE'S DRAGOONS by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO - (3) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VENICE by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS A MIGRANT THRUSH by MARY RUSSELL BARTLETT |