How to Go and Forget

By Edwin Markham[1]

I know how to hold

As the lovers of old—

How to cling to you, sing to you,

Let all the world know the song that I bring to you.

But I do not know yet

How to go and forget!

I know how to call

To the God over all—

How to sigh for you, cry for you,

Fight down the terrible dark till I die for you.

But I do not know yet

How to go and forget.

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[1] See footnote 2 in previous post "A Fragment" for a biographical sketch of Edwin Markham.