Souvenir

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created by Webster 1913
(thing) by emil greer (3.2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Apr 30 2000 at 19:40:50
Often a cheesy trinket for you to remember a landmark by. Examples of souvenirs include:
(idea) by dotc (2.8 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Mar 06 2001 at 16:45:12
Souvenir
Edwin Arlington Robinson

A vanished house that for an hour I knew
By some forgotten chance when I was young
Had once a glimmering window overhung
With honeysuckle wet with evening dew.
Along the path tall dusky dahlias grew,
And shadowy hydrangeas reached and swung
Ferociously; and over me, among
The moths and mysteries, a blurred bat flew.

Somewhere within there were dim presences
Of days that hovered and of years gone by.
I waited, and between their silences
There was an evanescent faded noise;
And though a child, I knew it was the voice
Of one whose occupation was to die.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:17:25

Sou`ve*nir (? ∨ ?), n. [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See Come, and cf. Subvention.]

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

 

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