Recent Memory HWSM 01 030

2021-12-02T00:00:00Z

Recent Memory Then is the past so gloomy now    That it may never bear The open smile of nature's brow,    Or meet the sunny air? I know not that—but joy is power,    However short it last; And joy befits the present hour,    If sadness fits the past. (p. 124) Aytoun, William Edmondstoune. "The Old Camp." 1841. Poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun . Oxford University Press, 1921. https://archive.org/details/poemswilliamedm00pagegoog/mode/2up