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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE Poet's Biography First Line: Last night in memory's boughs aswing Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry | |||
LAST night in Memory's boughs aswing, When none but I had heart to hear, A wee brown mavis tried to sing. But, ah! the wild notes would not ring As once they rang-so loud and clear! Last night in Memory's boughs aswing. I saw the rowan- clusters cling, And far away and yet so near A wee brown mavis tried to sing. Almost I found a long- lost Spring, Almost the loves I held so dear, Last night in Memory's boughs aswing. For joys that had their blossoming Beyond the grief of each grey year A wee brown mavis tried to sing; But the dew wrapped him, glistening, And every dew- drop told a tear Last night in Memory's boughs aswing, While, throbbing heart and drooping wing, And chill claws grasping at his bier, A wee brown mavis tried to sing. But I shall know when hailstorms sting, And not forget when leaves are sere, Last night in Memory's boughs aswing A wee brown mavis tried to sing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WILDFLOWER BY THE WAY by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE ABANDONED SELECTIONS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE CANADIANS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE FROM THE GULF by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE HOW THE FIRE QUEEN CROSSED THE SWAMP by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE NORTHWARD TO THE SHEDS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE QUEENSLANDERS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE SOLITUDE by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE BLADES OF HARDEN by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE DEATH OF BEN HALL by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE |
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