518. A Quoi Bon Dire by Charlotte Mew
b'Charlotte Mew read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n---------------------------------------------\\n \\nA Quoi Bon Dire\\nby Charlotte Mew(1869 \\u2013 1928)\\n \\n \\nSeventeen years ago you said\\nSomething that sounded like Good-bye;\\nAnd everybody thinks that you are dead,\\nBut I. \\n \\nSo I, as I grow stiff and cold\\nTo this and that say Good-bye too;\\nAnd everybody sees that I am old\\nBut you. \\n \\nAnd one fine morning in a sunny lane\\nSome boy and girl will meet and kiss and swear\\nThat nobody can love their way again\\nWhile over there\\nYou will have smiled, I shall have tossed your hair. \\n \\n \\n\\nFirst aired: 28 May 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009'