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MEMORY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: MY MIND LETS GO A THOUSAND THINGS
Last Line: TWO PETALS FROM THAT WILD-ROSE TREE.
Subject(s): MEMORY;
MY mind lets go a thousand things,
Like dates of wars and deaths of kings,
And yet recalls the very hour --
'T was noon by yonder village tower,
And on the last blue noon in May --
The wind came briskly up this way,
Crisping the brook beside the road;
Then, pausing here, set down its load
Of pine-scents, and shook listlessly
Two petals from that wild-rose tree.



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