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From "One Day and Another"
/ What little things are those / That hold our happiness! / A smile, a glance, a rose / Dropped from her hair or dress; / A word, a look, a touch, -- / These are so much, so much.
/ An air we can't forget; / A sunset's gold that gleams; / A spray of mignonette, / Will fill the soul with dreams / More than all history says, / Or romance of old days.
/ For of the human heart, / Not brain, is memory; / These things it makes a part / Of its own entity; / The joys, the pains whereof / Are the very food of love.