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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RENDEZVOUS, by LYDIA LITTELL First Line: Once, long ago, by gold and russet hill Last Line: The disembodied voice of the whippoorwill. Subject(s): Memory | |||
Once, long ago, by gold and russet hill, A perfume, a haze and a voice made rendezvous: (I wonder if it ever comes back to you, If you remember how shy we were, how still!) The perfume we loved was a wayside flower's smell; The voice was the call of a mournful, secret bird; The purple haze (Ah! your eyes, too, were blurred) Was the unshed tears of Summer, bidding farewell. And in the city's lonesome year on year, I shall climb again that autumn-tinted hill In day-dreams, arm in arm with you, my dear; And smell those daisied banks where the stream ran still, And see that purple haze again, and hear The disembodied voice of the whippoorwill. | 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 HYMN FOR A DARK AGE by LYDIA LITTELL |
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