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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FORGET-ME-NOT, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Ada, do you remember that bright day
Last Line: You gave to me a sweet forget-me-not.
Subject(s): Forget-me-nots
First Line: Ada, do you remember that bright day
Last Line: You gave to me a sweet forget-me-not.
Subject(s): Forget-me-nots
Ada, do you remember that bright day
When, through the green glades of the quiet wood,
We boys and girls went laughing on our way,
Over the brook, to where the beech-trees stood?
Not many months ago it was, and June
Lavished her royal beauty everywhere;
The wood-thrush sang his wildest, sweetest tune,
And we were happy as the day was fair.
And in that sloping meadow, near the brook,
You picked for me a gentle little flower;
The emblem of fidelity I took,
Both smiled, and I have kept it till this hour.
Yes, though 'tis faded now, though its soft blue
Has lost the freshness which it once possessed,
Yet your fair hand has given the flower a hue
Far lovelier, dear, than when it bloomed unpressed.
It breathes a fragrance which, like some old tune,
Calls up delicious memories of the spot
Where, on that pleasant summer afternoon,
You gave to me a sweet forget-me-not.
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