Frederick Philip Grove
Retrospection
(MP 5)

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e-Edition by Gaby Divay
© August 2007

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Retrospection[28] by Frederick Philip Grove This is the[29] thing that puzzles most my thought That that which was is not, nor will it be Again in all eternity. This is the thing that wilders most my heart That what I did is done, nor can it be Revoked in all eternity. Life is a dream full of a remorse Which makes us toss on an uneasy bed; For ever we look back on that which was And wish that we had known God's ruthless laws Which rule that deed or word or thought, once sped, Elude our grasp and follow their own course, Begetting deeds and words and thoughts anew Which mock and yet betray from whence they grew. Miscellaneous Poems 5