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LONG AGO.
M tun beneath the old oak shade
Long ago, How plea* antly.w* played Long ago,, And liet'n'd to, the ringing Of tfii> answering echoes bringing Back our voices as we shouted loud and low, When we wandered through the wildwood In the golden days of childhood Long ago. * How bright "and fair the'flowed wen >• '. Long ago, How short and gay the hours were Long ago,' Wb*n our hearts were free and Indit , I'roEj curly morn till laic at nigh*; - ,:- - For it was always suhmtev w««t*flbo, j«u 'Ti know. • ,-' - 'Xvf&£v* / , [.When we wandered thro' the wildwooSf^J^i" In.the golden days of childhood -.---' -' *■ -J v -'_ , ,: '*fe Oil! Trhathwll??i*rvN» forget ' \ ' Long ago.' And what heart does not regret Long ago, When every joy is j»«rff, •," .- How we only picked the flow'rs, And knew not where the thorns used to grow; When we wander'd thro' the wildwood In the golden hours oi childhood , f Long ago. Jttshk F. WCaxiby.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3576, 12 June 1880, Page 1
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158Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3576, 12 June 1880, Page 1
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