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[To all old friends; to all who dwell]

To all old friends; to all who dwell
Where Avon dhu and Avon gel
Down to the deep Loch Aline flow
Through valleys dear from long ago;
To all who hear the whisper'd spell
Of Ken; and Tweed like music swell
Hard by the Land Debatable,
Or Drayton's Yarty seaward go,—
To all old friends!
To all that yet remember well
What secrets Isis had to tell,
How lazy Cherwell loiter'd slow
Sweet aisles of blossom'd may below—
Whate'er befall, whate'er befell,
To all old friends.