THE PAST.
I would not change tho vanished days When tnon and I were }oung together For all that luiuro jenrs may bring Of fair and cloudless weather. I would not change tho old grey house Ken tuv a palace fair and stately, Fur o\'Oiy room is fancy-lilled J3y luo»e wo loved so greatly. Tho ti'oc-3 'nealh which we used to walk Stand btill no change of time revealing ; iiut oh ! what ch:mgei trc have known hi t'aco and foim and feeling. "W here .iro the forms we used to know, The t'oniib ot" tho,-,e so loved and loving i yume slocji beneath the church} ard sod, borne o'er the enrth are joying. Few, few are left to love us still Of all tlie old familiar lace^, And when I look around 1 sigh To see the empty bpaeen. And c\en thou art lar away, Altnoiigh our lo\e i'ato cannot sever, For we t wo shall be one in heart For ever and lor ever. Still, still I would not. change the days W hen thou and I were } oung togother For .ill that tutuiv I fe umj bring Of fair and cloudless weather. In da.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2
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196THE PAST. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2
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