To Memory Poem by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
To Memory
Strange Power, I know not what thou art,
Murderer or mistress of my heart.
I know I'd rather meet the blow
Of my most unrelenting foe
Than live---as now I live---to be
Slain twenty times a day by thee.
Yet, when I would command thee hence,
Thou mockest at the vain pretence,
Murmuring in mine ear a song
Once loved, alas! forgotten long;
And on my brow I feel a kiss
That I would rather die than miss.
Love can be an unwelcome power in our lives, sometimes to the extent that it is abusive, perhaps physically abusive. Interesting and complex piece and an interesting complex woman.
'And on my brow I feel a kiss, that I would rather die than miss.' -Splendid Memory!
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4/24/2024 10:28:40 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Murmuring in mine ear a song Once loved, alas! forgotten long; .../// beautifully penned