main : author : poems by emily dickinson absolutely poetry  main  by author  friendship poems  life poems  love poems  time poems  occasion poems  religious - spirituality poems  links   If Recollecting Were Forgetting   by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) Send this Poem Printer Version Enter Poetry Contest to win K! Get 1 book for ! Free Scholarship Search! If recollecting were forgetting, Then I remember not. And if forgetting, recollecting, How near I had forgot. And if to miss, were merry, And to mourn, were gay, How very blithe the fingers That gathered this, Today! related poetry Heart, We Will Forget Him I Have No Life But This I Held A Jewel I Many Times Thought You Left Me 'Tis Not That Dying Hurts Us So I Went To Thank Her I Should Not Dare To Leave My Friend Awake Ye Muses Nine   Copyright ©2000-2006. Absolutely Poetry ALL RIGHTS RESERVED