 | Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 |  |
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“THERE WAS A TIME.”
“There was a time!” what sounds, what forms, what feelings,
Those little words can like a spell recall—
The dreams of hope, of joy, the festive pealings,
The dance, the dirge, the cradle, and the pall!
Those little words can like a spell recall—
The dreams of hope, of joy, the festive pealings,
The dance, the dirge, the cradle, and the pall!
“There was a time!” How rich the pilgrim's treasure,
Who, near his rest in life's declining day,
With honest pride his footsteps back can measure,
And smiling shake his silver locks and say—
“There was a time!”
Who, near his rest in life's declining day,
With honest pride his footsteps back can measure,
And smiling shake his silver locks and say—
“There was a time!”
| Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | |