Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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WHEN YOU AND I WERE BOYS TOGETHER.
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When you and I were boys together,'Ere care's first cloud o'ershadow'd either;
When, to the young and joyous spirit,
The gayest friend had highest merit:
Oh! life seem'd made of sunny weather,
When you and I were boys together!
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Then, if we heard of war and glory,Our young hearts panted at the story;
We paus'd not gravely to consider
What cause was right, or who was leader;
We sigh'd for sword, and helm, and feather,
When you and I were boys together!
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We felt the dull restraint that bound us,We saw free manhood busy round us;
And dazzled by his hoarded treasure,
And tempted by the song of pleasure,
Oh! how we long'd to break our tether;
When you and I were boys together!
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How false the view by fancy painted,When we and life are first acquainted;
How oft, alas! by storms surrounded,
The weary spirit has desponded,
And sighed for that more sunny weather,
When you and I were boys together!
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