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
Shall ever wash away, what men
Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide
And find Ianthe's name again. 

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Poet: Walter Savage Landor
Poem: Well I Remember How You Smiled

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Jun 29 2005
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