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STANZAS.
[It is not alone while we gaze on the flower]
It is not alone while we gaze on the
flower,
Whose beauty enchants us—its influence we feel;
Its fragrance lives on to a far-distant hour,
Triumphant o'er death in its silent appeal.
Whose beauty enchants us—its influence we feel;
Its fragrance lives on to a far-distant hour,
Triumphant o'er death in its silent appeal.
Nor while music's full harmony round us may float,
Is it then, and then only, we bow to its spell;
On the echo of many a magical note,
In moments to come, faithful memory shall dwell.
Is it then, and then only, we bow to its spell;
On the echo of many a magical note,
In moments to come, faithful memory shall dwell.
And thus when from friends we are fated to part,
Should feelings and thoughts on our memory throng,
Which should still keep their images stored in each heart,
Like the odour of flowers, or the echo of song!
Should feelings and thoughts on our memory throng,
Which should still keep their images stored in each heart,
Like the odour of flowers, or the echo of song!
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