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Show O, the murmuring drip of the ruin from the envs . And tho melody sweat that the murmur-Inn murmur-Inn weaves, TIs memory-melody born of the heart In tho simplest of strnlns, of tho commonest com-monest art. Yet tho drip nnd the drop of tho rnln In . -tho night Times n lyrical Unking of laughter and - ; light. v. In the drowsiest, dreamiest, dimmest re- . fraln ! Comes tho sour of tho summer, of meadow and lane,, i Of the bees In the clover, and roses In J bloom, , And of breezes that wafted a wondrous perfume ,,' For the musical drip of tho rain mur- murs on In a sons of tho days that arc vanished M and. gono. p ' It Is sleepily-soft and Is solemnly-sweet 1 As the measures all mellowly rlso and re- ' peat, . And In memory now I have Journeyed 7 afar , Down the paths of the past whero our " treasuries are: I And with boyhcart athrlll I lie hushed. V J . .In tho dusk 3gS While tlio air brings a tang of tho mint 'M and tho musk. 'UfclV . A"4 tho shadows that sway In their "P1W" f oanco on tho wall P- cep tho time of tho June of tho drops as they fall, ' FJ Keep tho tlnio of tho sonn as of old thoy w would keep With tho drip of the rain as It lulled me tV to sleep: '?? And the hush of the night Is the silence I of old if That had all of the world In Its velvety ' hold. K.f"" O, tho magic thero Is In tho memories PS' hlest With tho rlpplo of rain as It sings you to E rc"t. ' If How tho worries and weariness fultor Tj and cease "- 'Neath tho balsam and balm of tho In- IjK "' finite peace g , Of the song that Is sung by tho whisper- Kr,,. Ing leaves 8K, '" And tho murmuring drip of tho rain from -' the eaves. |