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Songs of Memory

by Ernest Bristow Farrar (1885 - 1918)

1. A dirge  [sung text checked 1 time]

Language: English 
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All things that we clasp and cherish
Pass like dreams we may not keep;
Human hearts forget and perish,
Human eyes must fall asleep.

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2. Memory  [sung text not yet checked]

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Unmindful of the roses,
Unmindful of the thorn,
A reaper tired reposes
Among his gathered corn:
So might I, till the morn!

Cold as the cold Decembers,
Past as the days that set,
While only one remembers
And all the rest forget, --
But one remembers yet.

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First published in Century, May 1884

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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Total word count: 91