Oh! what is memory but a gift
Within a ruin'd temple left,
Recalling what its beauties were,
And then presenting what they are.


Canto III - The Troubadour (1825)


Oh! what is memory but a gift Within a ruin'd temple left, Recalling what its beauties were, And then presenting what they are.

Oh! what is memory but a gift Within a ruin'd temple left, Recalling what its beauties were, And then presenting what they are.

Oh! what is memory but a gift Within a ruin'd temple left, Recalling what its beauties were, And then presenting what they are.

Oh! what is memory but a gift Within a ruin'd temple left, Recalling what its beauties were, And then presenting what they are.