I would not remember now, Saviour How I sinned, I would not remember now, Saviour, But how my yellow ankles sang Running in the wind; How my laughter, like a flag, Floated out and hung In the orchard where I ran -- (Shepherd, I was young). @3Fair the pears we stole@1, Lord. I have set it all In a book confessing Sin and sinner's fall. Now I am an old man, Waiting, Lord, until I shall see my last star Beckon and grow still. And I would remember, Not the days I erred, Not the nights I wandered from The shining of your word, But I would remember What it was to be A boy alive in Africa, Beneath a silver tree! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIRST VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT [1497] by KATHARINE LEE BATES ADDRESS TO A CHILD DURING A BOISTEROUS WINTER EVENING by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH MONODY ON THE ASTOR HOUSE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO CHLOE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS HUMANE REVENGE by JOSEPH BEAUMONT NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 26 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |