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Ah tell me not that memory
Sheds gladness o'er the past;
What is recalled by faded flowers
Save that they did not last?
Source: Despondency.
-- Letitia Landon, (Aug 14 1802-1838), English poet, novelist; She wrote of passionate love at a time when women were restricted in their themes; remembered for her high-spirited social life and mysterious death.