550. Well I Remember. Walter Savage Landor. 1909-14. English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald. The Harvard Classics

English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

550. Well I Remember

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)


WELL I remember how you smiled
To see me write your name upon
The soft sea-sand—‘O! what a child!
You think you’re writing upon stone!’

I have since written what no tide	5
Shall ever wash away, what men
Unborn shall read o’er ocean wide
And find Ianthe’s name again.