Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THOU NEED'ST NOT TELL. |
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THOU NEED'ST NOT TELL.
Thou need'st not tell me to remember, no!
I could not if I would forget, while still
The currents of my Soul unchanging flow—
As they before have flow'd through good and ill.
I could not if I would forget, while still
The currents of my Soul unchanging flow—
As they before have flow'd through good and ill.
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First I must cease to love ere I forget,
And consciousness must cease ere love depart,
And thou too, thou wilt well remember yet—
For surely feeling heart hath pow'r on heart.
And consciousness must cease ere love depart,
And thou too, thou wilt well remember yet—
For surely feeling heart hath pow'r on heart.
Thou need'st not tell me to remember, no!
Memory and love must last, while life shall last;
Fear not a moment's wandering here below,
Believe me, I but breathe—but feel the past.
Memory and love must last, while life shall last;
Fear not a moment's wandering here below,
Believe me, I but breathe—but feel the past.
I go—and with me Faith and feeling go—
With me thou art morn's first thought and midnight's last;
To me all other bliss were worse than woe—
Believe me, I but breathe—but bless the past.
With me thou art morn's first thought and midnight's last;
To me all other bliss were worse than woe—
Believe me, I but breathe—but bless the past.
Thou need'st not tell me to remember, no!
I could not if I would forget thee now—
The currents of my Soul unchanging flow—
And still my heart doth one deep sway avow!
I could not if I would forget thee now—
The currents of my Soul unchanging flow—
And still my heart doth one deep sway avow!
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