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Forgotten? No, we never do forget:
We let the years go; wash them clean with tears,
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Forgotten? No, we never do forget:
We let the years go; wash them clean with tears,
Leave them to bleach out in the open day,
Or lock them careful by, like dead friends' clothes,
Till we shall dare unfold them without pain,--
But we forget not, never can forget.
We may with advantage forget what we know.
We may with advantage forget what we know.
Our God and soldier we alike adore,
When at the brink of ruin, not before;
After deliverance read more
Our God and soldier we alike adore,
When at the brink of ruin, not before;
After deliverance both alike requited,
Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.
The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
The dew dries up; read more
The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
The dew dries up; the star is shot;
The flight is past--and man forgot.
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.
God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning.