Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIES, by HENRI MURGER Poet's Biography 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN |
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