Even Rosemary

The Phantom written by Walter de la Mare

Poems (1906)

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I have seen a grave this day,
Yet no worm did therein lie; —
Only sweet Faith laid away,
          Lonely to die,
Lonely as he lived, to die.

There's no buds. Ev'n rosemary
Hath sad dreams for smell withal ;
Ev'n Hope's rose's leaf would be
          Restless to fall;
To have done, and fade, and fall.

I will never walk again
Where such brittle dust doth lie;
Where to weep were quite in vain;
          Vain too to sigh,
Only vain to weep and sigh.

Flee afar, then, heart, lest thou.
Quick with brooding on that spot,
Feign to see a dead face now.
          Features forgot,
Eyes ev'n Heaven shall open not!

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