HAST thou forgotten me? the days are dark-
Light ebbs from heaven, and songless soars the lark-
Vexed like my heart, loud moans the unquiet sea-
Hast thou forgotten me?
Hast thou forgotten me? O dead delight
Whose dreams and memories torture me to-night-
O love-my life! O sweet-so fair to see-
Hast thou forgotten me?
Hast thou forgotten? Lo, if one should say-
Noontide were night, or night were flaming day-
Grief blinds mine eyes, I know not which it be!
Hast thou forgotten me?
Hast thou forgotten? Ah, if Death should come,
Close my sad eyes, and charm my song-bird dumb-
Tired of strange woes-my fate were hailed with glee-
Hast thou forgotten me?
Hast thou forgotten me? What joy have I?
A dim blown bird beneath an alien sky,-
O that on mighty pinions I could flee-
Hast thou forgotten me?
Hast thou forgotten? Yea, Love’s horoscope
Is blurred with tears and suffering beyond Hope-
Ah, like dead leaves forsaken of the tree,
Thou hast forgotten me.
(Philip Joseph Holdsworth)
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