Poems (Rowe)/Let us Remember
LET US REMEMBER!
LET us remember all the happy days
We spent together in Love's magic maze.
We lingered on the way. A smile, a sigh,
What need had we of words? Eye answered eye
Until the warm blood, pulsing fast with rush
Of fervid thoughts, suffused us with Love's flush.
Then sang our throbbing hearts with louder beat,
When closer, side by side, our hands would meet.
Let us remember!
We spent together in Love's magic maze.
We lingered on the way. A smile, a sigh,
What need had we of words? Eye answered eye
Until the warm blood, pulsing fast with rush
Of fervid thoughts, suffused us with Love's flush.
Then sang our throbbing hearts with louder beat,
When closer, side by side, our hands would meet.
Let us remember!
Let us remember how our thoughts found speech,
For I was quick to learn, and you to teach.
It seems to me the skies were bluet then,
The Birds more sweetly sang. Within our ken
The Nightingale—ah! Love, the Nightingale!
Her tender sweetness made our cheeks grow pale,
And filled our eyes with strange and happy tears.
Could we forget? Ah! no. For all the years
We shall remember!
For I was quick to learn, and you to teach.
It seems to me the skies were bluet then,
The Birds more sweetly sang. Within our ken
The Nightingale—ah! Love, the Nightingale!
Her tender sweetness made our cheeks grow pale,
And filled our eyes with strange and happy tears.
Could we forget? Ah! no. For all the years
We shall remember!