Mine and Thine (1904)/Memory

For works with similar titles, see Memory.

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MEMORY

If it be true, as some aver,
⁠Whose wisdom naught endears,
That portioned to each human lot
⁠Are fewer smiles than tears,—

Then, merciful Mnemosyne,
⁠How great to thee our debt,
That we remember all our joys,
⁠Our sufferings forget!

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