Original artwork, not a still
Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker addresses Memory as a sweet, gentle breeze and pictures sailing back up the river of Time on it. The image turns recollection into a voyage against the current, suggesting the past can be revisited gently, carried by feeling rather than force.
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