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MEMORIES by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: TWO THINGS THERE ARE WITH MEMORY WILL ABIDE
Last Line: THE THRILL THAT SHOOK YOU AT YOUR CHILD'S FIRST CRY.
Subject(s): MEMORY;
Two things there are with Memory will abide,
Whatever else befall, while life flows by:
That soft cold hand-touch at the altar side;
The thrill that shook you at your child's first cry.



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