Poems New and Old by John Freeman
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Though all those loves are gone nor faithful echoes ring,
Nor fond Adieu, Adieu My parted spirit pursue? --So hidden in green darkness deep, Feel when I wake The tides of night and day upon thee sweep, And know thy forehead bared before the East, And hear thy forests hushing in the West And in thy bosom, Earth, the slow heart shake: But hear no more the infinite forest murmurs break Into Adieu, Adieu, No more Adieu! THE VISIT I reached the cottage. I knew it from the card He had given me--the low door heavily barred, Steep roof, and two yews whispering on guard. Dusk thickened as I came, but I could smell First red wallflower and an early hyacinth bell, And see dim primroses. "O, I can tell," I thought, "they love the flowers he loved." The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again |
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