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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 23, Pages 303-304



THE BOON OF MEMORY.


"Many things answered me."—Manfred.

I go, I go!—And must mine image fade
From the green spots wherein my childhood play'd,
By my own streams?
Must my life part from each familiar place,
As a bird's song, that leaves the woods no trace
Of its lone themes?

Will the friend pass my dwelling, and forget
The welcomes there, the hours when we have met