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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMEMBRANCE, by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I shall look back, when on the main Last Line: "oh, such a maid I knew!" Subject(s): Memory | |||
I SHALL look back, when on the main, -- Back to my native isle, And almost think I hear again Thy voice, and view thy smile. But many days may pass away Ere I again shall see Amid the young, the fair, the gay, -- One who resembles thee. Yet when the pensive thought shall dwell On some ideal maid, Whom fancy's pencil pictured well, And touch'd with softest shade: The imaged form I shall survey, And, pausing at the view, Recall thy gentle smile, and say, "Oh, such a maid I knew!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787 by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES |
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