Poems (Rice)/Remember Thee
REMEMBER THEE.
REMEMBER thee! yes, while its life blood shall flow,Or its beatings be felt, for thee alway shall glow This heart, which is thine, ever thine, through the gloom, And the sunshine, perchance, which thy path may illume!
The thick clouds that gather, the lightnings that play Above and around thee, in their fearful way, Shall harm thee no more, for guarded thou art From the malice of earth, and her venomous dart.
In robes that are spotless, bedazzling with white, Is mantled thy spirit, and it fears not the light, And whatever betide thee, still sweetly shall shine The sunlight of virtue, which may ever be thine.
Remember thee! yes, while memory shall cherish A thought that is holy, or a wish that is pure! Thy name and thy image! they only shall perish, When the heart that enshrines them shall cease to endure!