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First Line: Seen by memory's magic
Last Line: Slightly prized to-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology


SEEN by memory's magic,
Yesterday is golden;
Hope illumes the morrow;
Eyes are only holden
From some fair illusion
When they view to-day,
With its mists of morning,
Bitter blown away.

Yet of all the morrows
That from me are hidden;
All the bright days ended
Coming back unbidden;
None or was or will be
Richer in its way
Than this open-handed,
Slightly prized to-day.





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