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Idyls and Songs

by Francis Turner Palgrave: 1848-1854

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LXVII. PAST AND PRESENT.

YOUTHS.
Where are the friends that were ours in our childhood,
Where are the hearts that we loved in our youth?
Loved them too lovingly, knew them too nearly:
Why have we tasted the falsehood of truth?
Where are the friends that were ours in our childhood,
Where are the hearts that we loved in our youth?

MAIDENS.
Have we not friends for each day as it passes,
Love, that each springtide o'erflushes the earth?
Sigh not for flowers whose fragrance has faded:
Pluck the fresh grapes for the vine-crown of mirth:
Are there not friends for each day as it passes,
Love, that each springtide o'erflushes the earth?

YOUTHS.
How should we charm back the love that we wasted:
How should we win back the gifts that we gave?
Wild winds and waters enshroud our best treasure:
Love has abandon'd us: who then can save?
How should we charm back the love that we wasted:
How should we win back the gifts that we gave?


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MAIDENS.
Leave to the Past what is past and is faded:
Lost is the lost: why deplore it in vain?
Love is undying: then trust his disposing:
Clothed in new charms comes the dear one again.
Leave to the Past then the past and the faded:
Lost is the lost: why deplore it in vain?