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Show A MEMORY. ,t Anon the city's hum come to me from afar, As from the noisy crowd I walked akme; Sudden upon the quiet street I heard thy toil-. Each leaf &ni bud and flower rc-echoiug the tone. Thy Toii-e, loved one! Canst thou tell all It meant To me, who yearned for one lost happy year? j Ones more my heart lay bleeding at thy feet: Upon the altar of the past an offering fell a tc.ar. j Through open w indow came t he well known voice, ! Ite gentle cadences were all the same; j The years rolled hack the folly, the regret Once more I proffered nil thou would'st not claim. ' And yet thou canst forgive, and understand No wrong was meant ! Accept my p'mu-tn-s! After those bitter years tho knowledge brings relief re-lief - Thou hast a! most forgo! the nature of the offense. An erring one forgotten! Better so: Iat fall to eoTer as a veil forgetfulness. To rear the fabric of those vanished days No claim has memory, to charm and bless. Thy voice, loved one! unchanged, still soft, still low. Was wafted to me on fresh morning air. Did nothing whisper of the near approach Of one to whom thou ever must be dear Thy voice, love onel Ah ! well I know it must Linger in one fond heart tit rough coming years; Thy kind forbearance and forgiveness makes The past seem washed away In my own welling ! tears. Torouto Empire, j |