The Coin

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The Coin
by Sara Teasdale


Into my heart's treasury
     I slipped a coin
That time cannot take
     Nor a thief purloin, --
Oh better than the minting
     Of a gold-crowned king
Is the safe-kept memory
     Of a lovely thing.


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