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When the shades of even glimmer,
When the stars above you blink,
As the light around grows dimmer,
Do you ever sit and think?

If you [underlined] should stop to ponder,
Setting mem'ry run apace,
Oft before you there may wander
Many a long forgotten face.

Sadly, some your soul remembers,
Gladly some you may recall,
Dimly, as on dying embers.
For the grate, you gaze on all

Joyous is such meditation
- And if sad, 'tis pleasant still -
Look beyond in expectation,
Time to you each blank will fill