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ONLY A MEMORY NOW.
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Only an hour of foolish bliss,Of clasping hands, and a lover's kissThat youth has known and life must miss—Only a memory now.
Only a pale dead love that lies,With dumb, cold lips and sightless eyes,Barring the gates of Paradise—Only a memory now.