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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOSTALGIA, by HARRIET GARRETT
First Line: Sometimes a lilac tree in bloom
Last Line: In silence, weeping!
Subject(s): Nostalgia
First Line: Sometimes a lilac tree in bloom
Last Line: In silence, weeping!
Subject(s): Nostalgia
Sometimes a lilac tree in bloom
Brings memories winging;
Or maybe youth and love come back
With blackbirds' singing!
Again a fragrance in the air
Some April morning
Calls back the springs of long ago, --
My thoughts adorning!
Sometimes a cricket's chirp at dusk
Sets pulses racing
With childhood's love of life and joy, --
My spirits bracing!
Or maybe through the silent night
An owl's shrill crying
Recalls the old and youthful fear
Of death and dying!
Sometimes a likeness I may see
Awakens yearning!
Perhaps a voice I chance to hear,
Means more heartburning!
Last night I wished that yesteryear
Were ever sleeping;
Today I clasp it to my breast --
In silence, weeping!
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