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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORY, by MRS. SWIFT
First Line: Twas but a word, a single word
Last Line: The vision it was -- air!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lorrain, Miss
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: Twas but a word, a single word
Last Line: The vision it was -- air!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lorrain, Miss
Subject(s): Memory
'T WAS but a word, a single word
A stranger's lip exprest,
And yet my spirit's depths were stirr'd
With feelings long represt.
Unbidden tear-drops dimm'd my eyes,
My lip still wore a smile;
O how the heart can grief disguise,
And learn deception's wile.
Thoughts, rushing thoughts, came wild and last,
The present, it was not,
I only saw the long -- long past,
How could it be forgot?
Young voices murmur'd in mine ear,
With radiant mirth and glee,
But I, alas! could only hear
The heart that spoke of thee.
Again that hand was clasp'd in mine
Once more thou wert mine own,
And 'neath the crescent moon's pale shine,
On the hill-side, alone,
We wander'd forth, too blest to be
Creatures of earth and care;
A rude voice broke the reverie,
The vision it was -- air!
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