"AWAY! Let not mine eyes, my heart, behold you!" It was your right to choose; I heard you say, "Forget! We must forget!" Love might have told you 'T was vain. You could not, more than I, obey. As the dim shadows down the pastures lengthen, The further sinks the day-star's fading fire, So in your breast will tender memories strengthen, Deeper and darker as my steps retire. At every hour, in every place of meeting, Where we together shared delight and pain, Yes, everywhere will dear thoughts keep repeating, "Here, too, his voice, his look, his touch, remain!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PARADOX by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOVE'S MIRACLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN by RUDYARD KIPLING MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 6 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 51. WILLOWWOOD (3) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |