poem

[Elisabeth]

Anybody know the poem "You lied when you said I wouldn't miss him. It was quoted by Shelia Hancock recently on Richard & Judy.

[Jackanory]

RevShirls answered this one in Body & Soul a few days ago. The poem is called "Time does not bring relief: you all have lied" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950). Here it is: Time does not bring relief: you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain: I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows melt from ev'ry mountain side, And last year's leaves are smoke in every lane; But last year's bitter loving must remain Heaped on my heart and my old thoughts abide. There are a hundred places where I fear To go, so with his memory they brim. And entering with relief some quiet place Where never fell his foot or shone his face. I say "There is no mem'ry of him here," And so stand stricken, so remembering him.

[Jackanory]

PS Please disregard the punctuation, I've just found the poem elswhere & the punctuation is quite different!...no bother...it's the words that matter.

[ali_alic]

Nothing to add to the answer - but what a beautiful poem, quite brought a lump to my throat!!