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 "So might we, if our state were such As one before, remember much, For those two likes might meet and touch.

"But, if I lapsed from nobler place, Some legend of a fallen race Alone might hint of my disgrace;

"Some vague emotion of delight In gazing up an Alpine height, Some yearning toward the lamps of night.

"Or if thro' lower lives I came— Tho' all experience past became Consolidate in mind and frame—

"I might forget my weaker lot; For is not our first year forgot? The haunts of memory echo not.