. Book of the Royal blue . THE BANKS OF ROCK CREEK. BY DR. THOMAS CALVER. 1. Im thinking of days in the years that are past,When moments were golden and flying so fast;When hfe was a radiant circle of joys, With merry companions — the girls and the boss. How sweet then to wander through woodland and glade. With love for a guide and a beautiful maid, And ferns of the forest and flowerets to seek By the waters that laugh, on the banks of Rock Creek. 2. By waters that laugh and are dancing as well,And singing a song with a magical spell That holds the rapt hearer so close to their side. His heart
. Book of the Royal blue . THE BANKS OF ROCK CREEK. BY DR. THOMAS CALVER. 1. Im thinking of days in the years that are past,When moments were golden and flying so fast;When hfe was a radiant circle of joys, With merry companions — the girls and the boss. How sweet then to wander through woodland and glade. With love for a guide and a beautiful maid, And ferns of the forest and flowerets to seek By the waters that laugh, on the banks of Rock Creek. 2. By waters that laugh and are dancing as well,And singing a song with a magical spell That holds the rapt hearer so close to their side. His heart leaps and dances in rhythm with the tide. So, leaping from boulder to boulder across. Or restmg in midstream on pillows of moss. And listening enthralled, not a word would we speak To break the sweet spell of the banks of Rock Creek. 3. And there, where the water grovss silent and beautiful sights would respond to the gaze —The minnows that circled in glistening school;The dear eyes reflecting their lo\e Ir
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