"DON'T forget me!" sighing sadly, So my darling bade farewell, Haply deeming I would gladly Disenchant me of her spell. Ah, the siren! when did Beauty Ask in vain Love's simple debt? Or whene'er did languid Duty Heed the warning, "Don't forget"? By her eyes where love reposes, By her wealth of golden hair, By her cheek's ungathered roses, By her neck divinely fair, By her bosom, throne of blisses, Hiding from the wanton light, Pale with envy at the kisses That her bolder lips invite; By the hours so sweetly squandered In the summer afternoons; By the orchard where we wandered In the sheen of harvest moons; By the poets, new and olden, Who in pity lent us speech For the fancies, rare and golden, That our words could never reach, -- By all these my oath is given: Though my soul remember not Earthly fame or hope of heaven, She shall never be forgot! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADMIRER by CLAUDIA EMERSON THE OLD MILL by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER ON SENESIS' MUMMY by LEONIE ADAMS FAREWELL by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 16. CUPID HIMSELF STUNG by PHILIP AYRES |