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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS: 2, by LOUISE ABNEY First Line: Hold fast, o heart, remembered loveliness! Last Line: O heart. Remembrance is your sure defense! Subject(s): Desire; Love; Memory | |||
Hold fast, O heart, remembered loveliness! Against the drabness that the days may bring Rekindle inner fires -- remembering A spirit-calmness in the hour of stress. Hold fast, O eyes, the beauty you have seen: The twilight-shower of sifted sunset gold Too bountiful for valley-laps to hold, And far-flung ranges with their snows serene. Against increasing clamor, listening ear, Hold fast the vesper-bells across the air That summon men to silence, or to prayer; The quiet voice of beauty ever hear. Recalling these and other things, go hence, O heart. Remembrance is your sure defense! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM AT ELBINGERODE, IN HARTZ FOREST by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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