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Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
 To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three 
faces, those of a man, a read more 
 To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three 
faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first 
comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man 
says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel!"
 [Lat., Intrantis medici facies tres esse videntur
  Aegrotanti; hominis, Daemonis, atque Dei.
   Cum primum accessit medicus dixitque salutem,
    En Deus aut custos angelus, aeger ait.] 
 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. 
 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! 
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. 
 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. 
 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. 
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.