Jeanne Robert Foster: The Bitter Herb
Updated September 23, 2019 |
Infoplease Staff
O bitter herb, Forgetfulness,
I search for you in vain;
You are the only growing thing
Can take away my pain.
I search for you in vain;
You are the only growing thing
Can take away my pain.
When I was young, this bitter herb
Grew wild on every hill;
I should have plucked a store of it,
And kept it by me still.
Grew wild on every hill;
I should have plucked a store of it,
And kept it by me still.
I hunt through all the meadows
Where once I wandered free,
But the rare herb, Forgetfulness,
It hides away from me.
Where once I wandered free,
But the rare herb, Forgetfulness,
It hides away from me.
O bitter herb, Forgetfulness,
Where is your drowsy breath?
Oh, can it be your seed has blown
Far as the Vales of Death?
Where is your drowsy breath?
Oh, can it be your seed has blown
Far as the Vales of Death?
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