As a perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain. Other thoughts may come and go, Other moments I may know That shall waft me, in their going, As a breath blown to and fro, Fragrant memories: fragrant memories Come and go. Only thoughts of you remain In my heart where they have lain, Perfumed thoughts of you, remaining, A hid sweetness, in my brain. Others leave me: all things leave me: You remain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEAUTY ROHTRAUT by EDUARD FRIEDRICH MORIKE WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY LINES TO THE MEMORY OF ANNIE WHO DIED AT MILAN, JUNE 6, 1860 by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 48 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HOW GREY THE WORLD WAS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT LINES WRITTEN ON A TUMBLER by ROBERT BURNS VERSES FOUND IN A SUMMER HOUSE AT HALES-OWEN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |