The Legend of Genevieve with other tales and poems. By Delta [i.e. David Macbeth Moir] |
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No. IV. THE SCHOOL BANK.
Upon this bank we met, my friend and I.A lapse of years had, intervening, pass'd,
Since I had heard his voice, or seen him last;
The starting tear-drop trembled in his eye;
Silent, we thought upon the school-boy days
Of mirth and happiness, for ever flown;
When rushing out the careless crowd did raise
Their thoughtless voices—now, we were alone,
Alone, amid the landscape—'twas the same:
Where were our loved companions? some, alas!
Silent reposed beneath the churchyard grass,
And some were known, and most unknown, to Fame;
And some were wanderers on the homeless deep;
And where they all were happy—we did weep!
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