Коль поминание - забвенье,
не вспомнить то и мне.
А коль забыв - поминовенье,
близка забыть вполне.
Коль в скорби,- оживляться,
печалиться,- шутя,
то как блаженны пальцы,
что нынче всё,- в горстях!
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If recollecting were forgetting, by Emily Dickinson
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!