Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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SOMETIMES THINK OF ME.
Sometimes, Oh! sometimes think of me,
And in thy heart for ever be
Such memories, soft as snows that fall
Upon some stream in icy thrall.
And in thy heart for ever be
Such memories, soft as snows that fall
Upon some stream in icy thrall.
As snows that in their silence fall
On some fair stream in icy thrall—
That melt not suddenly away,
But there awhile all brightly stay.
On some fair stream in icy thrall—
That melt not suddenly away,
But there awhile all brightly stay.
Then, when the warmer, lovelier beam
Doth o'er the frozen surface gleam,
They are lost at once in the blue light
Of that freed stream—far rolling bright.
Doth o'er the frozen surface gleam,
They are lost at once in the blue light
Of that freed stream—far rolling bright.
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So may these memories on thy heart—
Oh! deeply cherished that thou art—
Awhile remain all calm and pure,
But not for ever to endure.
Oh! deeply cherished that thou art—
Awhile remain all calm and pure,
But not for ever to endure.
When comes the happier, lovelier ray
Upon that dreaming heart to play—
Oh! not then, let them haunt that heart,
But silently dissolve—depart!
Upon that dreaming heart to play—
Oh! not then, let them haunt that heart,
But silently dissolve—depart!
I would not, could not bear to be
A sorrow or a care to thee—
But think of me ev'n thus, I pray,
And banish soon those thoughts away!
A sorrow or a care to thee—
But think of me ev'n thus, I pray,
And banish soon those thoughts away!
Yes! think of me who walk in tears
Through shadows of my lonely years—
Who live alone in memory,
And think and think of nought but Thee.
Through shadows of my lonely years—
Who live alone in memory,
And think and think of nought but Thee.
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