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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MEMORY, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: O the mem'ry of the mistletoe that graced
Last Line: She has laid aside a love-wreath for one tired in the fight.
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: O the mem'ry of the mistletoe that graced
Last Line: She has laid aside a love-wreath for one tired in the fight.
Subject(s): Memory
O THE mem'ry of the mistletoe that graced that Christmas scene!
And the berries in the holly wreath like rosebuds red between,
And the smell of fragrant cedar, even yet an evergreen.
O, the beauty of the dainty hands that twined the holly through,
And the snowy neck and cheeks that made the roses blush anew.
Now I never smell the cedar but I see the maiden, too.
O, the glory and the story in those eyes of tender trust!
Not all the world of sermons can convince me they are dust,
For the starlight lives forever and love's mem'ry hath no rust!
Up in heaven with the angels she is twining wreaths to-night.
In her Father's many mansions 'mid the dazzling glory-light
She has laid aside a love-wreath for one tired in the fight.
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