Remember thee! yes, while there's life in this heart, <br />It shall never forget thee, all lorn as thou art; <br />More dear in thy sorrow, thy gloom, and thy showers, <br />Than the rest of the world in their sunniest hours. <br /> <br />Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, <br />First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea, <br />I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, <br />But oh! could I love thee more deeply tha now? <br /> <br />No, thy chains as they rankle, thy blood as it runs, <br />But make thee more painfully dear to thy sons -- <br />Whose hearts, like the young of the desert-bird's nest, <br />Drink love in each life-drop that flows from thy breast.<br /><br />Thomas Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remember-thee/
