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Reminiscence - ZaunköniG - 27.04.2012
Reminiscence
I stand in old Earth's presence; over all
The warm, pervading sunshine seems to print
Life and the Present; and there is no glint
Of white bones from the Past's decaying pall;
When, lo! some subtle scent holds me in thrall;
Or an uncertain, evanescent tint,
That of a fuller summer seems to hint,
Wakes long-imprisoned yearnings that recall
Half-memories of strange unthought-of things,
That seem were once a vital part of me -
Unmeasured, mystic, vague imaginings!
And all Life's presence and the sunshine flee,
The listless aeons of my life I see,
And in my face the dead Past flaps it wings.