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We may with advantage forget what we know.
We may with advantage forget what we know.
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
 The tumult and the shouting dies,
 The captains and the kings depart;
  Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
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 The tumult and the shouting dies,
 The captains and the kings depart;
  Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
   A humble and a contrite heart.
    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet
     Lest we forget,--lest we forget. 
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
 God of our fathers, known of old,
 Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
  Beneath whose awful Hand we read more 
 God of our fathers, known of old,
 Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
   Dominion over palm and pine--
    Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
     Lest we forget--lest we forget! 
 It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
 [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]  
 It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
 [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.] 
 Our God and soldier we alike adore,
 When at the brink of ruin, not before;
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 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 pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the 
names of their founders.  
 The pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the 
names of their founders. 
 Go, forget me--why should sorrow
 O'er that brow a shadow fling?
  Go, forget me--and to-morrow
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 Go, forget me--why should sorrow
 O'er that brow a shadow fling?
  Go, forget me--and to-morrow
   Brightly smile and sweetly sing.
    Smile--though I shall not be near thee;
     Sing--though I shall never hear thee.