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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO POINTS OF VIEW, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography First Line: If I forget, - may joy pledge this weak heart to sorrow! Last Line: Though you forget. | |||
IF I forget, -- May joy pledge this weak heart to sorrow! If I forget, -- May my soul's coloured summer borrow The hueless tones of storm and rain, Of ruth and terror, shame and pain, -- If I forget! Though you forget, -- There is no binding code for beauty; Though you forget, -- Love was your charm, but not your duty; And life's worst breeze must never bring A ruffle to your silken wing, -- Though you forget. If I forget, -- The salt creek may forget the ocean; If I forget The heart whence flows my heart's bright motion, May I sink meanlier than the worst, Abandoned, outcast, crushed, accurst, -- If I forget! Though you forget, -- No word of mine shall mar your pleasure; Though you forget, -- You filled my barren life with treasure, You may withdraw the gift you gave, You still are lord, I still am slave, -- Though you forget. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IMPRESSION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE LYING IN THE GRASS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE REVELATION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE SUPPLIANT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE VANISHING BOAT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE WITH A COPY OF HERRICK by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE 1870-71 by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A BALLAD OF THE UPPER THAMES by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A DREAM OF NOVEMBER; TO ARTHUR SYMONS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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