Who hath not saved some trifling thing More prized than jewels rare, A faded flower, a broken ring, A tress of golden hair. (Ellen Clementine Howarth)

Who hath not saved some trifling thing More prized than jewels rare, A faded flower, a broken ring, A tress of golden hair.

Ellen Clementine Howarth

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