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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AVE ATQUE VALE, by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, my youth! For now we needs Last Line: Dream you remember yet. Alternate Author Name(s): Tomson, Graham R. Subject(s): Aging; Time | |||
Farewell, my Youth! for now we needs must part, For here the paths divide; Here hand from hand must sever, heart from heart, -- Divergence deep and wide. You'll wear no withered roses for my sake, Though I go mourning for you all day long, Finding no magic more in bower or brake, No melody in song. Gray Eld must travel in my company To seal this severance more fast and sure. A joyless fellowship, i' faith, 't will be, Yet must we fare together, I and he, Till I shall tread the footpath way no more. But when a blackbird pipes among the boughs, On some dim, iridescent day in spring, Then I may dream you are remembering Our ancient vows. Or when some joy foregone, some fate forsworn, Looks through the dark eyes of the violet, I may re-cross the set, forbidden bourne, I may forget Our long, long parting for a little while, Dream of the golden splendors of your smile, Dream you remember yet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A SONG OF LONDON by ROSAMUND MARRIOTT WATSON |
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