Ah! Mem’ry’s spell
Awakes too well
Its echoes as it beats.
Thou art not absent! every thought
Is thine alone! Thou art still with me;
For my mind’s eye, by mem’ry taught,
Looks back into my mind—ON THEE.
In sleep, a voice, ah! not unknown
My pillow seeks:
’Tis mem’ry speaks;