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WHEN WE FORGET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WHEN WE FORGET THAT NATURE GIVES
Last Line: TO TURN HER JOY TO PAIN.
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY;
When we forget that Nature gives
No other home to lovers than
The haunted house of Death —
Let us then call our love immortal,
Nor think we waste our breath.

But Love, still looking for a place
To lean her head against, and sing,
Should never have her childish brain
Vexed by a thought so cold and grave,
To turn her joy to pain.



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