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Lyrics of Lowly Life.

   Dear heart, good-night! Thy hand I'll press no more forever, And mine eyes shall lose the light;For the great white wraith by the winding river  Shall check my steps with might.    So, dear, good-night, good-night!

RETROSPECTION.

WHEN you and I were young, the days  Were filled with scent of pink and rose,  And full of joy from dawn till close, From morning's mist till evening's haze.  And when the robin sung his song  The verdant woodland ways along,   We whistled louder than he sung. And school was joy, and work was sport For which the hours were all too short,  When you and I were young, my boy,   When you and I were young.

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