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The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston | ||
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LIFE IN MEMORY.
As when two lovers in one room have been
Alone together for a rapturous space,
Hand lock'd in hand, face resting against face,
She says, “Farewell!” and, gone, the man, unseen,
Tarries behind, where sat with him his queen;
There, of her love recalling all the grace,
His arms her quivering body re-embrace:
Once more, his lips upon her dear lips lean,—
Alone together for a rapturous space,
Hand lock'd in hand, face resting against face,
She says, “Farewell!” and, gone, the man, unseen,
Tarries behind, where sat with him his queen;
There, of her love recalling all the grace,
His arms her quivering body re-embrace:
Once more, his lips upon her dear lips lean,—
So in the past, left lovely from thy love,
Lit by sad lights of memories that shine,
Holy as lamps that burn before a shrine,
My spirit from the whole world stands aloof;
Yea, and shall dwell so till Death takes it where
No grief is bitter and no memory fair.
Lit by sad lights of memories that shine,
Holy as lamps that burn before a shrine,
My spirit from the whole world stands aloof;
Yea, and shall dwell so till Death takes it where
No grief is bitter and no memory fair.
The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston | ||