Classic Poem

1

If abscence can forget me
Go where love once met thee
And loved so fondly there
We both admired together
When we courted in spring weather
And thyself appeared so fair

2

With kisses I carressed thee
As in my arms I press'd thee
Go and remember me
Remember him who told thee
Twas pleasure to behold thee
Beneath the hawthorn tree

3

O think of our embraces
As I kissed that first of faces
T'was neath that hawthorn tree
Think when my arms clasped round thee
You vowed you e're could love me
Now go remember me

4

O think of all I told thee
And think I'm left so lonely
Go and remember me
The willow grey were waving
The little brook was raving
Where last I met with thee

5

" Met last" — two words so lonely
May pain my bosom only
To be estranged from thee
Alone among strange faces
Strange town and stranger places
O go remember me