Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRE-EXISTENCE, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: We have met, you and I, long ago Last Line: Where we met and we loved, you and I. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Reincarnation; Transmigration; Pretas | ||||||||
WE have met, you and I, long ago, Yesterday when I saw you I knew, For the sight of the city was gone, And the sky took an orient blue; Strange flowers and strange perfumes were there, Strange birds without song flitted by, O I loved you as woman ne'er loved When we met long ago, you and I. We have loved long ago, you and I, Though to-day we but linger to part. O say, do you wish to forget? Does no answer awake in your heart? Perhaps in the future 'tis writ That we meet once again. Ah, goodbye! You forget, but I sigh for that past Where we met and we loved, you and I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PINSK AFTER DARK by ALLEN GINSBERG TRANSFORMATIONS by THOMAS HARDY PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE ETERNITY by GRACE GRISWOLD BISBY REINCARNATION by ALICE CHURCHILL CHAPHE UNREGENERATE by JACQUELINE EMBRY SECOND LIFE by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 100 by HAN SHAN THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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