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OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 5 by ARTHUR W. UPSON

First Line: AS HERE AMONG THE WELL-REMEMBERING BOUGHS
Last Line: GLOWING, THE LIGHT OF MEMORY ON HER BROWS.
Subject(s): MEMORY; OXFORD, ENGLAND;

As here among the well-remembering boughs
Where every leaf is tongue to ancient breath,
Speech of the yesteryears forgathereth,
And all the winds are long-fulfillèd vows —
So from of old those ringing names arouse
A whispering in the foliate shades of death
Where History her golden rosary saith,
Glowing, the light of Memory on her brows.



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