POETRY
U>tfG .AGO. Wfc«a op»l tints and gray invade The crimson of the west— When daylight's lingering traces fade, And song-birds seek the nestWhen shadows fall o'er hill and plain, And stars in heaven glow, We live in memory once again The days of long ago. And friends of days for ever o'er Around us closely stand, We feel the kindly grasp once more Of many a ' vanished hand;' And though fond, loyal, brave, and true May be the friends we know, ino friend can match the friends we knew And loved long, long ago.
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Though smiling fortune on us shower Her gifts with right good-will— Though every passing day and hour Be filled with sunshine still— Though joys and pleasures deep abound Upon the way we go, We sigh and dream o'er joys we found In days of long ago. And though we form new friends, new ties, New joys, new pleasures try, And though new hopes like phantoms rise As in the days gone by, When comes the holy calm of eve, Our tears unbidden flow; We love, we hope, we plan and grieve Again in Long Ago.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 440, 22 September 1904, Page 2
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194POETRY Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 440, 22 September 1904, Page 2
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