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JANET by RICHARD WATSON GILDER

First Line: I REMEMBER / THAT NOVEMBER
Last Line: THERE'S A HEART OF YOUTH WITHIN HER.
Subject(s): AGING; YOUTH;
I

I REMEMBER
That November
When the new November child
On this old world woke and smiled.

II

Here's a woman,
Sweet and human,
And they call her Janet, now,—
I can't make it out, I vow

III

It only seems
One night of dreams;
Years they say; how @3do@1 they plan it?
What's become of Little Janet?

IV

Never mind;
She's good; she's kind;
Age can never bend or win her;
There's a heart of youth within her.



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