Monday, April 12, 2010

Alas, So Long! Comments

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AH! dear one, we were young so long,
It seemed that youth would never go,
For skies and trees were ever in song
And water in singing flow
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Sarah Persson 16 May 2017

Congratulations on poem of the day. This is a beautiful poem, thank you for sharing

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Ah! shall it be then Spring weather, And ah! shall we be young together? Beautifully Penned!

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Susan Williams 16 May 2017

Oh! This is so beautifully penned- -straight from the lover's heart and soul. I could read this every night before I drift off to sleep...and dream.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 16 May 2017

Water in singing flow..... thanks for posting.....

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Edward Kofi Louis 16 May 2017

Young so long! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Susan Williams 10 October 2015

He had such a heavy spirit, well suited for poems like this one

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Heidi Cuda 30 May 2010

I gather this poem is about his dead wife? Meaningful for those readers who have lost a spouse or love in death.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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