Recollecting a Sad Memory, a Loss and a Dream
Recollecting A Sad Memory, A Loss And A Dream
I bid thee adieu, this my last sad note.
A call to remember, heart once so true,
as Fate oft holds its power asymptote,
sky pallid, never again true deep blue.
Robert J. Lindley, 6-07-2020
Rhyme,( Youth And Its Many Mysteries )
Notes:
(1.)
* asymptote
as·ymp·tote
/'as?m(p)?tot/
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noun
a line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance.
(2.)
* pal·lid
/'pal?d/
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adjective
(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.
Similar:
pale
white
pasty
pasty-faced
wan
colorless
anemic
bloodless
washed out
peaky
peakish
peaked
whey-faced
ashen
ashen-faced
ashy
chalky
chalk white
gray
whitish
white-faced
waxen
waxy
blanched
drained
pinched
green
ghastly
sickly
sallow
deathly pale
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