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 All the splendid furniture of his late residence had been sold except hiswife's Harp. That, he said, was too closely associated with the ideaof herself; it belonged to the little story of their loves; for, some of thesweetest moments of their courtship were those when he had leaned overthat instrument, and listened to the melting tones of her voice.Irving's Sketch Book.


 There's many a magic spell:Leave that untouched,—the strain it brings This heart remembers well.
Let that remain!—all else beside Go scatter to the wind!The chords that won my home a bride No other home shall find.
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