Poem by Charlotte Mew

A Quoi Bon Dire

Seventeen years ago you said
Something that sounded like Good-bye;
And everybody thinks that you are dead,
But I.

So I, as I grow stiff and cold
To this and that say Good-bye too;
And everybody sees that I am old
But you.

And one fine morning in a sunny lane
Some boy and girl will meet and kiss and swear
That nobody can love their way again
While over there
You will have smiled, I shall have tossed your hair. 

1. The Cenotaph
2. Monsieur Qui Passe
3. Ken
4. I Have Been Through The Gates
5. Rooms

Print

1825 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version