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The salvage of vanished years,The record of moods passed by,Vain laughter and vainer tears,A smile followed fast by a sigh.
Ah yes! I own much contradiction's here,And thought perchance not wholly sound or clear;But youth with manhood's inconsistent still,And manhood mocks at age's cautious chill:Enough if through the whole there runs the threadOf a soul resolved where conscience loads to tread.
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