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She takes up a book and reads:

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.