Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORY (1), by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! There are memories that will not vanish Last Line: But memory stands a ghost amid the gloom! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Memory | ||||||||
AH! there are memories that will not vanish; Thoughts of the past we have no power to banish; To shew the heart how powerless mere will, For we may suffer, and yet struggle still. It is not at our choice that we forget, That is a power no science teaches yet: The heart may be a dark and closed up tomb; But memory stands a ghost amid the gloom! | 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 CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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