Thread: "Keep My Memory Green"

Lord, keep my memory green!
Whatever intervene,
How rough so'er life's voyage may prove to me,
I would not lose remembrance of the good,
Nor shrink from thoughts of ills long since withstood,-

Lord, keep my memory green!

Lord, keep my memory green,-
The boisterous and serene,
That which hath caused a tear or forced a smile,

Let both their true reality impart,
And fix their record deeply in my heart,-

Lord, keep my memory green!

Lord, keep my memory green
Through life's conflicting scene!

But should the hand of Time obliterate
Aught mind, and somechance pages blot,
Let friends and benefits be ne'er forgot,-

Lord, keep my memory green!

-Anonymous

Dear Reader
This poem was published by Fords, Howard, & Hubert and edited by William Cullen Bryant for a "A New Library of Poetry and Song" -copyright date 1877.

I found two volumes (950 pages) 40 years ago in a white elephant treasure shoppe, and hoped my children or grandchildren would have an appreciation for literature. I still retain possession.