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MEMORIES: 1 by CLAIRE MORRIS GANNON

First Line: LEAVES THAT CLING TO THE TIRED GROUND
Last Line: BREATHE TRANSIENT HAPPINESS INTO YOU?
Subject(s): MEMORY; WELLESLEY COLLEGE;

LEAVES that cling to the tired ground,
Or whirl in great clouds round and round,
Do memories stir in the orchard there,
And bring haunting dreams of a day more fair:
Birds in the garden trees,
Flowers and honey-bees,
Sunshine that thrilled the pulse of life,
Joy in a world where joy was rife --
Do such fair ghosts of the past you knew
Breathe transient happiness into you?



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