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Won't you help support DayPoems? Lise-AmorBy John Hay10/8/1838-7/1/1905How well my heart remembers Beside these camp-fire embers The eyes that smiled so far away, The joy that was November's. Her voice to laughter moving, So merrily reproving, We wandered through the autumn woods And neither thought of loving. The hills with light were glowing, The waves in joy were flowing, It was not to the clouded sun The day's delight was owing. Though through the brown leaves straying, Our lives seemed gone a-Maying; We knew not Love was with us there, No look nor tone betraying. How unbelief still misses The best of being's blisses! Our parting saw the first and last Of love's imagined kisses. Now 'mid these scenes the drearest I dream of her, the dearest, Whose eyes outshine the Southern stars, So far, and yet the nearest. And Love, so gayly taunted, Who died, no welcome granted, Comes to me now, a pallid ghost, By whom my life is haunted. With bonds I may not sever, He binds my heart forever, And leads me where we murdered him,- The Hill beside the River. Camp Shaw, Florida, February, 1864. DayPoems Poem No. 1566 Comment on DayPoems? If you are like us, you have strong feelings about poetry, and about each poem you read. Let it all out! Comment on this poem, any poem, DayPoems, other poetry places or the art of poetry at DayPoems Feedback. Won't you help support DayPoems? Click here to learn more about how you can keep DayPoems on the Web . . . Copyright The DayPoems web site, www.daypoems.net, is copyright 2001-2005 by Timothy K. Bovee. All rights reserved. The authors of poetry and other material appearing on DayPoems retain full rights to their work. Any requests for publication in other venues must be negotiated separately with the authors. The editor of DayPoems will gladly assist in putting interested parties in contact with the authors. |
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