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What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)


What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, 


I have forgotten, and what arms have lain


Under my head till morning; but the rain


Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh


Upon the glass and listen for reply,


And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain


For unremembered lads that not again


Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.


Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,


Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,


Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:


I cannot say what loves have come and gone,


I only know that summer sang in me


A little while, that in me sings no more.

Comments

This sonnet is so touching!...touches exactly where it should.
thanks for posting it.

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