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Lines For An Album

    By James Whitcomb Riley



    I would not trace the hackneyed phrase
    Of shallow words and empty praise,
    And prate of "peace" till one might think
    My foolish pen was drunk with ink.
    Nor will I here the wish express
    Of "lasting love and happiness,"
    And "cloudless skies" - for after all
    "Into each life some rain must fall."
    - No.    Keep the empty page below,
    In my remembrance, white as snow -
    Nor sigh to know the secret prayer
    My spirit hand has written there.



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