We change, and others change, while recollection
Fain would renew what it can but recall :
Dark are life's dreams, and weary its affection,
And cold its hopes, - and yet I felt them all,
A long while ago. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

We change, and others change, while recollection Fain would renew what it can but recall : Dark are life's dreams, and weary its affection, And cold its hopes, - and yet I felt them all, A long while ago.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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