Swiftly -- how swiftly they pass! Each should be a beautiful dream, Remembered forever, forgotten never, In memory's hallowed gleam! Too soon they melt forever away! And not even the ransom of king Could bring back one when it is done, 'Tis gone, on silvery wing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RABBI BEN EZRA by ROBERT BROWNING HYMN OF THE EARTH by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING (1817-1901) THE LAST MAN: A DREAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES MY BATH by JOHN STUART BLACKIE CORYDON'S SUPPLICATION TO PHILLIS by NICHOLAS BRETON THE THREE GRAVES: PART 3 by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |