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First Line: Hast thou, louise, forgotten yet
Last Line: And I alone remember yet!
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Man-woman Relationships; Memory; Male-female Relations


Hast thou, Louise, forgotten yet
That nook within the garden old,
Where when the summer sun had set
My hand would oft thy hand enfold?
With beating hearts we sat beneath
The shadows of the willow trees,
Few words escaped our trembling breath;
Dost thou remember still, Louise?

Hast thou, Marie, forgotten yet
The fond exchange of rings we made,
The sun-lit meadows where we met,
The woodlands full of song and shade?
A fount, that musically fell
In marble basin, marks the spot
Where oft we lingered; Marie, tell,
Is that sweet trysting-place forgot?

Christine, hast thou forgotten quite
Our fragrant room with roses gay?
'Twas somewhat near the sky, but bright
On April morns and eves of May,
Those calm clear eves, when planets pale
Seem'd whispering to thee, "Earthly Queen,
Like us, thy beauty's light unveil:"
Dost thou remember still, Christine?

Louise is dead! Poor fond Marie
Is worse alas! than dead, they say:
And pale Christine across the sea
To sunnier climes hath sailed away.
Marie, Louise, Christine, all three
Though ne'er forgotten, now forget:
Our loves are dead eternally,
And I alone remember yet!





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