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NAME NOT THE DEAD.

Oh! never say, name not the dead,
 Their memory we should keep
Among the heart's most cherished things
 O'er which we watch and weep.

Oh! never say, name not the dead,
 Nor bid us to forget;
We prize not less the summer's sun
 Because that sun has set.

Oh! never say, name not the dead,
 Their record let it be
Enshrined among our household gods,
 Things most we love to see.

Oh! never say, name not the dead,
 But give them still their place,
And round the dear domestic hearth
 Bring each remembered face.