Can I forget thee? No, while mem'ry lasts, Thine image like a talisman entwined, Around my heart by sacred friendship's ties Remains unchanged, in love, pure love, enshrined. Can I forget thee? Childhood's happy hours Would like some flitting phantom mock and jeer; Life's sunny hours, would quickly lose their charm, If Lethe's slumbrous waves but touched me there. Can I forget thee? 'Tis a sad, sad thought. That friend from friend should thus be ruthless riven -- But list, methinks, a sweet voice whispers low, Remember, no adieus are spoke in heaven. Can I forget thee? No, though ocean's waves May madly leap and foam 'twixt you and me, Still o'er my stricken heart this yearning will remain, Nor time estrange my love, dear one, from thee. And though on earth again we never more may meet, In that bright Elysian where spirits, holy, dwell, May we in concert with that transported throng, Unite, ne'er more (rapt thought) to say "farewell!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLOGNE; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE BLUEBIRD by EMILY DICKINSON LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD A SEA DIALOGUE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES NO LONGER COULD I DOUBT HIM TRUE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR DESPISED AND REJECTED by KATHARINE LEE BATES |