Let it be forgotten / Sara Teasdale

Let it be Forgotten by Sara Teasdale

Song (Let it be forgotten)  (1919)  by Sara Teasdale

from Poetry, September 1919

Song

Hydrangea flowers, dead in winter, near Columbus, Ohio, USA, 30 December 2006. Photo by Charro Badger. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
   Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,
Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,
   Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
   Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
   In a long forgotten snow.

See also

• Other poems by Teasdale

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This poem is in the public domain