A Lost Love Poem by Henry Francis Lyte

A Lost Love

Rating: 3.2


I meet thy pensive, moonlight face;
Thy thrilling voice I hear;
And former hours and scenes retrace,
Too fleeting, and too dear!

Then sighs and tears flow fast and free,
Though none is nigh to share;
And life has nought beside for me
So sweet as this despair.

There are crush'd hearts that will not break;
And mine, methinks, is one;
Or thus I should not weep and wake,
And thou to slumber gone.

I little thought it thus could be
In days more sad and fair
That earth could have a place for me,
And thou no longer there.

Yet death cannot our hearts divide,
Or make thee less my own:
Twere sweeter sleeping at thy side
Than watching here alone.

Yet never, never can we part,
While Memory holds her reign:
Thine, thine is still this wither'd heart,
Till we shall meet again.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rajnish Manga 30 June 2017

So nice and delightful. Touching expression. A poem devoted to the eternal bonding of lovers. Yet death cannot our hearts divide, Or make thee less my own: Thine, thine is still this wither'd heart, Till we shall meet again.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 30 June 2017

Reminds me of the song LOST IN LOVE popularized by AIR SUPPLY... Thanks for posting.....

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Ramesh T A 30 June 2017

A love lost in this world may be like paradise lost, but in the other world surely paradise will be regained indeed according to this poet! For, love never dies!

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Theodore Andrews 30 June 2017

Twere sweeter sleeping at thy side, than watching here alone. - I love this! ! ! ! !

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A poem that flows like a river, smooth and tender. Lost love, but the hearts are bonded with a hope to meet again. Yet never, never can we part, While Memory holds her reign: Thine, thine is still this wither'd heart, Till we shall meet again.

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Adeeb Alfateh 13 June 2019

I little thought it thus could be In days more sad and fair That earth could have a place for me, And thou no longer there. such a great poem; great rate 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Susan Williams 30 June 2017

I little thought it thus could be In days more sad and fair That earth could have a place for me, And thou no longer there.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The heartache underlying these 4 lines reaches out and grabs me... reminding me we are all prone to this ending. I think I will read more of his poems

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Anil Kumar Panda 30 June 2017

Wonderful poetry on love. There is nothing more sublime than a pure love that flows so thick in the lines of this poem. Simply amazing.

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Edward Kofi Louis 30 June 2017

While memory holds her reign! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Abdulkarim Modiya 30 June 2017

Wow! ! Nice and romantic love poem, i love it

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