The grave may bring defeat and hopeless shame,
E'en innocence may lose a cherished name;
But while we walk this side the silent tomb
Nothing can daunt the soul where love's aflame.
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A Memory
An olden tune, the memory of a song,
A vanished face, the touch of bow along
Responsive strings that wakened all my soul;
A memory of your face now gone! now gone!