I vex me not with brooding on the years <br />That were ere I drew breath; why should I then <br />Distrust the darkness that may fall again <br />When life is done? Perchance in other spheres-- <br />Dead planets--I once tasted mortal tears, <br />And walked as now among a throng of men, <br />Pondering things that lay beyond my ken, <br />Questioning death, and solacing my fears. <br />Offtimes indeed strange sense I have of this, <br />Vague memories that hold me with a spell, <br />Touches of unseen lips upon my brow, <br />Breathing some incommunicable bliss! <br />In years foregone, O soul, was all not well? <br />Still lovelier life awaits thee. Fear not thou!<br /><br />Thomas Bailey Aldrich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-vex-me-not-with-brooding-on-the-years/
