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#January 4, 1801
#OTD Charles Swain, English #Poet, is born.

His poem, Forgive & Forget, is a #Keeper.

#Forgive & #Forget! The #World would be #Lonely,
The #Garden a #Wilderness left to deform,
If #Flowers but #Remembered the chilling #Winds only,
& #Fields gave no #Verdure for fear of the #Storm!

Then away with the #Cloud from those #Beautiful #Eyes
That brow is no #Home for such #Frowns to have met:
Oh! How could our #Spirits ever hope for the #Skies,
If #Heaven refused to forgive & forget.