If recollecting were forgetting,

Oh if remembering were forgetting -
If recollecting were forgetting,

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When Roses cease to bloom, Sir, -32-

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Garland for Queens, may be -- -34-

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Version 1 Oh if remembering were forgetting - Then I remember not! And if forgetting - recollecting - How near I had forgot! And if to miss - were merry - And to mourn were gay, How very blithe the maiden Who gathered these today!	Version 2 If recollecting were forgetting, Then I remember not, And if forgetting, recollecting, How near I had forgot, And if to miss, were merry, And to mourn, were gay, How very blithe the fingers That gathered this, today!
Version 3 If recollecting were forgetting, Then I remember not. And if forgetting, recollecting, How near I had forgot. And if to miss, were merry, And to mourn, were gay, How very blithe the fingers That gathered this, Today!