“O MEMORY, where is now my youth, Who used to say that life was truth?” “I saw him in a crumbled cot Beneath a tottering tree; That he as phantom lingers there Is only known to me.”
Thomas Hardy
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Memory and I, opening exchange (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete first question and answer between the speaker and personified Memory, locating youth as a remembered phantom.
- Memory and I, opening exchange (1901)
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