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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
 Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
 And many friends I've met;
  Not one fair scene or read more 
 Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
 And many friends I've met;
  Not one fair scene or kindly smile
   Can this fond heart forget. 
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
Memories are all we really own.
Memories are all we really own.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
 Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
 When Memory plays an old tune on the heart!  
 Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
 When Memory plays an old tune on the heart! 
Don't remember what you can infer.
Don't remember what you can infer.