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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORY, by LOUISE A. JOHNSON
First Line: Ah! Memory can haunt
Last Line: To curse us or to bless.
Subject(s): Desolation; Memory
First Line: Ah! Memory can haunt
Last Line: To curse us or to bless.
Subject(s): Desolation; Memory
Ah! Memory can haunt
The soul with dark despair,
Or banish present pain
With recollections fair.
Two-sided is its role.
As on through life we press,
It follows in our trail
To curse us or to bless.
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