Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MEMORIES, by WILLIAM FELTER


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MEMORIES, by                    
First Line: I saw you last night
Last Line: And silence... And a heart's hot tears!


I saw you last night ...
And the same old pain
Crowded up in my throat again --
The same old longing I used to know.
No matter the years may come and may go,
I still can see how very bright
You looked upon another night;
And O, the desolate, empty years
The silence knows and my heart's tears!
I saw you last night,
Smiling and gay...
Time, my dear, hasn't changed the way
You look out smiling and unafraid...
Is the ache still there I unwittingly made?
You climbed alone to a place in the sun
And I am glad, so glad you won,
Though nothing will ever still the ache
Or throb of joy your smile can make.

I saw you last night...
And you went your way.
It doesn't matter the things I say
Or that I babble and won't forget --
I saw you again, and was glad we met!
No, you have not forgotten the song
I sang to you in days long gone,
For you, too, know of desolate years
And silence... and a heart's hot tears!





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