Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THY MEMORY AND THY TEARS. |
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THY MEMORY AND THY TEARS.
If I unto the grave go down
In mine impassioned years,
Say! may I claim then, for mine own,
Thy memory and thy tears?
In mine impassioned years,
Say! may I claim then, for mine own,
Thy memory and thy tears?
In Life we are divided far,
Shall Death unite us more?
Shine! shine to guide me—thou pale star—
Unto the shadowy shore!
Shall Death unite us more?
Shine! shine to guide me—thou pale star—
Unto the shadowy shore!
Wilt thou, recalling all my love,
While yet on earth beneath—
Through shadows of that memory move
And live—in love with death!
While yet on earth beneath—
Through shadows of that memory move
And live—in love with death!
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Wilt thou to me, then, in the grave
With fadeless truth incline—
And give me all on earth I crave—
Tears—tears and thoughts of thine?—
With fadeless truth incline—
And give me all on earth I crave—
Tears—tears and thoughts of thine?—
To some, oh! Death! thou dreadful art,
And frown'st their fate above;
Threatening the silence of the heart—
Division of their love!
And frown'st their fate above;
Threatening the silence of the heart—
Division of their love!
But, oh! for those divided far,
Severed and sundered wide;
As we already darkly are,
Such fears are cast aside.
Severed and sundered wide;
As we already darkly are,
Such fears are cast aside.
Then if unto the grave I go,
In my devoted years,
Oh! grant me all I ask below,
Thy memory and thy tears!
In my devoted years,
Oh! grant me all I ask below,
Thy memory and thy tears!
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