Some hang above the tombs,
Some weep in empty rooms,
I, when the iris blooms,
Remember.
I, when the cyclamen
Opens her buds again,
Rejoice a moment-then
Remember.
(Mary Elizabeth Coleridge)
More Poetry from Mary Elizabeth Coleridge:
- Chillingham (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)
- He came unto His own, and His own received Him not (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)
- The Other Side Of A Mirror (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)
- Our Lady (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)
- The Witch (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)
- Death and the Lady (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poems)