Poems (Osgood)/A Song (I cannot forget him)
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I cannot forget him!
I've lock'd up my soul;
But not till his image
Deep, deep in it stole.
I've lock'd up my soul;
But not till his image
Deep, deep in it stole.
I cannot forget him!
The Future can cast
No flower before me
So sweet as the Past.
The Future can cast
No flower before me
So sweet as the Past.
I turn to my books;
But his voice rich and rare,
Is blent with the genius
That speaks to me there.
But his voice rich and rare,
Is blent with the genius
That speaks to me there.
I tune my wild lyre,
But I think of the praise,
Too precious, too dear,
Which he lent to my lays!
But I think of the praise,
Too precious, too dear,
Which he lent to my lays!
I cannot forget him!
I try to be gay
To quell the wild sorrow
That rises alway;
I try to be gay
To quell the wild sorrow
That rises alway;
But wilder and darker
It swells, as I try;
If Heaven could forget him,
So never can I!
It swells, as I try;
If Heaven could forget him,
So never can I!
I cannot forget him!
I loved him too well!
His smile was endearment,
His whisper a spell.
I loved him too well!
His smile was endearment,
His whisper a spell.
I fly from his presence;
Alas! it is vain;
I see him—I hear him—
He's with me again!
Alas! it is vain;
I see him—I hear him—
He's with me again!
He haunts me forever;
I worship him yet;
Oh! idle endeavor!
I cannot forget!
I worship him yet;
Oh! idle endeavor!
I cannot forget!