Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT FAREWELL, by GEORGE W. BERGQUIST First Line: So take my vows and throw them to the wind Last Line: That mine will die its love-death when you go. Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | ||||||||
So take my vows and throw them to the wind And let their echoes roam some ghostly void Of unclaimed memory: the nonce is pinned But lightly to my soul, and soon destroyed. Erase the shadows from our tongues' own tips That clung there still when lateness bade us part; Renounce those dreams, let each apocalypse Be buried, unremembered, in your heart, Unwept; consider not those tender times When reckless moonlight found our secret tryst: The moon will soon forget. And burn my rhymes, Allot their petty phrases to the mist. Yes, tear our lives apart, -- but only know That mine will die its love-death when you go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 18 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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