I Shall Forget

Although my life, which thou hast scarred and shaken,

Retains awhile some influence of thee,

As shells, by faithless waves long since forsaken,

Still murmur with the music of the Sea,

I shall forget. Not thine the haunting beauty,

Which, once beheld, for ever holds the heart,

Or, if resigned from stress of Fate or Duty,

Takes part of life away:–the dearer part.

I gave thee love; thou gavest but Desire.

Ah, the delusion of that summer night!

Thy soul vibrated at the rate of Fire;

Mine, with the rhythm of the waves of Light.

It is my love for thee that I regret,

Not thee, thyself, and hence,–I shall forget!

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Poems in English 

• The Carter by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Bwoat by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Brook That Ran By Gramfer’s by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Bells Ov Alderburnham by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Bean Vield by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Beam In Grenley Church by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Beäten Path by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Bachelor by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Thatchen O’ The Rick by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Teaken In Apples by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Sweet Music In The Wind by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Sound O’ Water by William Barnes by William Barnes
• A Snowy Night by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Slow To Come, Quick Agone by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Sleep Did Come Wi’ The Dew by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Shrodon Feäir by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Shaftesbury Feäir by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Ruth A-Ridèn by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Rivers Don’t Gi’e Out by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Riden Hwome At Night by William Barnes by William Barnes

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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