You cannot make Remembrance grow 1
When it has lost its Root－
The tightening the Soil around
And setting it upright
Deceives perhaps the Universe 5
But not retrieves the Plant－
Real Memory, like Cedar Feet
Is shod with Adamant－
Nor can you cut Remembrance down 9
When it shall once have grown－
Its Iron Buds will sprout anew
However overthrown－
When it has lost its Root－
The tightening the Soil around
And setting it upright
Deceives perhaps the Universe 5
But not retrieves the Plant－
Real Memory, like Cedar Feet
Is shod with Adamant－
Nor can you cut Remembrance down 9
When it shall once have grown－
Its Iron Buds will sprout anew
However overthrown－
(F.1536/J.1508)
[1] Remembrance:: remembrance flower, a flower plucked for memory of a person.
[9] Remembrance:: remembrance book, a memorial book.
[10] grown:: started to print.
[11] Iron Buds:: types, small metal blocks used in printing.
And the, at sunset hour,
I would have ye sometimes come,
And pluck from thence a remembrance flower,
To bear in your bosom home: ─ Godey's Magazine (1852)
I loved her; she did me good. I wished that I also could be inscribed on a leaf of her remembrance-book. ─ Fredrika Bremer's works (1852)
No, said the woman, do not write down my old sinful name, but pray to the Lord, that He may give me a new one, and then write that into your remembrance-book. ─ Periodical Accounts (1806)
