by Kathleen Coates (1891 - 1958)

I shall remember miraculous things you...
Language: English 
I shall remember miraculous things you said
My whole life through -
Things to go unforgotten till I am dead;
But the hundredfold, adorable ways of you,
The tilt of your chin for laughter, the turn of your head
That I loved, that I knew -
Oh! While I fed on the dreams of them, these
have fled!

Words which no time can touch are my life’s refrain,
But each picture flies.
All that was left to hold till I meet you again,
Your mouth’s deep curve, your brows where the
shadow lies,
These are the things I strive to capture in vain,
And I have forgotten your eyes,
And the way that your hair spun curls in the
beating of rain.

Since we parted, yestereve
I do love thee, love believe,
Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,
One dream deeper, one night stronger,
One sun surer - this much more

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