The Reliquary By Bernard and Lucy Barton. With A Prefatory Appeal for Poetry and Poets |
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REMEMBER ME. |
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REMEMBER ME.
“Lord, remember me when thou comest into Thy kingdom.”
Luke xxiii. 42.
Remember me! All, all must feel,
Whom fond affection sways,
The sweetly eloquent appeal
Of this brief simple phrase.
When the full heart would find a voice,
In parting's grief, or glee,
What words so worthy of its choice
As these—“Remember me!”
Whom fond affection sways,
The sweetly eloquent appeal
Of this brief simple phrase.
When the full heart would find a voice,
In parting's grief, or glee,
What words so worthy of its choice
As these—“Remember me!”
And yet more solemn is their tone,
More touching is their power,
When nature's feelings they make known
In life's last parting hour:
When from some lov'd one justly dear,
Whom earth no more may see,
We faintly catch with wistful ear,
The words, “Remember me!”
More touching is their power,
When nature's feelings they make known
In life's last parting hour:
When from some lov'd one justly dear,
Whom earth no more may see,
We faintly catch with wistful ear,
The words, “Remember me!”
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A purer, higher, holier worth,
The phrase, tho' brief, may bear,
When, uninspired by aught of earth,
It speaks the voice of prayer.
It breathes the saint's meek confidence!
And, when he bends the knee,
The sinner, touch'd with penitence,
Cries, “Lord, remember me!”
The phrase, tho' brief, may bear,
When, uninspired by aught of earth,
It speaks the voice of prayer.
It breathes the saint's meek confidence!
And, when he bends the knee,
The sinner, touch'd with penitence,
Cries, “Lord, remember me!”
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