Memory Is Possession

They are poor UTio have lost nothing; tbey are poorer far Wlio, losing. baro forgotten; they most poor Of-all wbo lose and wish they might forget. For life is one, and In its warp and woof Thero runa a thread of gold that glitters fair. And siiniHimi-s in tbu pattern shows most sweet Where there aro Bomber oolore. It is true That we havu wept. But obl this thrcad of gold We would not have it tarnisb; let us turn Oft and look back upon the wondrous web. And when it shinetb sometimes we shall know that memory is possesaion.