Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VEILED MEMORIES, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Of love that was, of friendship in the days Last Line: Is woven through the soul's strange warp and woof. Subject(s): Life; Love; Memory; Time | ||||||||
OF love that was, of friendship in the days Of youth long gone, yet oft remembered still, And seen like distant landscapes from a hill, Clothed in a garment of aerial haze, What need to sing? Yet real is each phase Of life; and Time, that brings all good and ill Of this our mortal lot, can never spill One drop of that full cup he fills and weighs. Ah, faces veiled that start from out the past! Ah, spectral images once swift and warm! Ye are but hidden by perspectives vast. To-day o'ermasters all. And yet each form Of life and thought, forgotten or aloof, Is woven through the soul's strange warp and woof. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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