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FORGOTTEN by WILLIAM FOSTER ELLIOT

First Line: THE HILLS REMEMBER MY SONGS
Last Line: BUT THEY DO NOT REMEMBER ME.

The hills remember my songs
And sing them to each other.
I know, for I have heard the wind
Whistling the tunes
As he came striding down across the plain.
The hills remember my songs
But they do not remember me.

The stars know my songs.
I have heard them singing
Far into the summer's night,
The hills, the winds
And the outermost starlet
All know the songs I sang
But they do not remember me.



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