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YOU MAY REMEMBER by LULU PIPER AIKEN

First Line: HEART, BE STILL OF YOUR CONSTANT AGITATION!
Last Line: BUT ONLY NOW, A MOMENT, MAY YOU HEAR.
Heart, be still of your constant agitation!
Sorrow may pass on swift though fragile wings;
Put joy, the while you may, upon probation,
And listen, oh listen! -- a wood thrush sings.

Be quiet, heart! Nights are long in December,
When there are empty silences and drear;
In many an hour then you may remember,
But only now, a moment, may you hear.



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