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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER LONG YEARS, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: They told me then that time would heal my heart
Last Line: They do not know!
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: They told me then that time would heal my heart
Last Line: They do not know!
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
THEY told me then that time would heal my heart—
They did not know!
They said the years would help me to forget—
It is not so!
I count the lagging years gone by since you
Left me to mourn,
Each one so full of weary days and hours
That must be borne!
And all the long, long nights, so blessed—or cursed—
With dreams of you,
Dreams that you are not dead—and then, the dawn
That proves it true!
Yes, I have seen the seasons come and go
Each passing year;
Have seen suns rise and set, moons pale and glow
And you not here!
The books you loved are round me everywhere—
But you are gone!
And friends come in and out—but when they go,
I am alone!
And only echoes in the empty house,
Where once your voice
Was wont to call—and, calling, made
My heart rejoice!
I have lives on—though it still beats, my heart
Has not been cured!
I have not conquered—I have not succumbed—
I have endured!
Oh, they may tell you time will heal the heart—
It is not so!
Ah, let them say the years make one forget—
They do not know!
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