Tag Archive for: Memories
A Memory
Family and RelationshipsA Memory
Emily Sargent Lewis
572
My mother died when I was four,
That's why I can't remember more
Of what she used to do and say
So long ago I'm six to-day
I know one day she climbed with me,
Way up into the apple tree,
The flowers fell…
A Voice In The Night
Memories and NostalgiaA Voice in The Night
1281
The day had been so fraught with troublous care,
My soul had been so cankered by the sting
Of malice's sharp tooth, that suffering
And wounded sore, even the sunset fair
Seemed to my troubled eyes but as the glare…
October
Memories and NostalgiaOctober
1271
October is a runnot muid,
Her checks are dusky red
In georgeous robos she is arrayed!
And whore her brown feet troud
Through wood, on plain or wulien wold
The pathway turns to burnished gold
Her gown in 'broidered o'er with…
The Garden
Memories and NostalgiaThe Garden
1536
I know a garden, sweet and beautiful,
Where tall flowers grow, as fragrant all as those
Which make the longed-for country wonderful-
The lilv and the rose
And smaller blossoms of forgotten naming
That kindle its dim corners…
The Home Coming
Memories and NostalgiaThe Home Coming
2443
I put his roont in order, cleaned and tried to fix it,
Filled his old tobacco far and put it near his chair,
I knew his pet tobacco and the way he used to mix it,
And he'll find his room is ready when he enters there…
To Edwin Markham
Memories and NostalgiaTo Edwin Markham
2335
Flash the heart's gloom aflame with Freedom's fire
Thrill the chained frame of labor with desire
For sweet, sweet liberty
Lift downcast eyes toward the morning light,
Rouse the slave mind to daring dreams of right,…