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AMORIS EXSUL: 9. REMEMBRANCE by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT SEEMS TO ME THAT VERY LONG AGO
Last Line: I TAKE YOUR HAND, AND I REMEMBER ALL.
Subject(s): MEMORY;

It seems to me that very long ago,
Across a shining and dividing sea,
I dreamed of love, and the eternal woe,
And that desire which is eternity.

I did but dream that I have made you weep:
I never loved, and you have never wept;
The shining and dividing sea is deep,
And I am very tired of having slept.

Yet, in some hours of these oblivious days,
Suddenly, like a heart-throb, I recall
The passionate enigma of your face,
I take your hand, and I remember all.



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