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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT MEMORY'S CASEMENT, by THOMAS WALSH
First Line: Upon the blossom branch in spring
Last Line: At memory's casement sings alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Birds; Memory
First Line: Upon the blossom branch in spring
Last Line: At memory's casement sings alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Birds; Memory
UPON the blossom branch in spring
There once would come a bird and sing;
There once would sound a mellow song
Around my heart the whole night long.
Nor ever lark at break of day
But took me on its silvery way;
Nor nightingale by star and rose
But at my heart outpoured its woes.
Till now, their voices hushed in tears,
With springtime passed adown the years,
My heart which hath their message known
At Memory's casement sings alone.
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