Love
Hast thou forgotten me?
From The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse (1918)
Hast thou forgotten me ? the days are dark —
Light ebbs from heaven, and songless soars the lark-
Vexed like my heart, loud moans the unquiet sea —
Hast thou forgotten me ?
Hast thou forgotten me ? O dead delight
Whose dreams and memories torture me to-night —
O love — my life ! O sweet — so fair to see —
Hast thou forgotten me ?
Hast thou forgotten ? Lo, if one should say —
Noontide were night, or night were flaming day —
Grief blinds mine eyes, I know not which it be !
Hast thou forgotten me ?
Hast thou forgotten ? Ah, if Death should come,
Close my sad eyes, and charm my song-bird dumb —
Tired of strange woes — my fate were hailed with glee —
Hast thou forgotten me ?
Hast thou forgotten me ? What joy have I ?
A dim blown bird beneath an alien sky, —
O that on mighty pinions I could flee —
Hast thou forgotten me ?
Hast thou forgotten ? Yea, Love's horoscope
Is blurred with tears and suffering beyond Hope —
Ah, like dead leaves forsaken of the tree,
Thou hast forgotten me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Holdsworth, Philip Joseph. “Hast thou forgotten me?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/holdsworth/2/.
Chicago
Holdsworth, Philip Joseph. “Hast thou forgotten me?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/holdsworth/2/.
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