A new library of poetry and song: . FOR AX oi 1) roi 1. [To RicnAKii Hknkv SronDARD.] he is olil ;ind jiast ;ill singing,Tiram. kindly Tinio. tliat lie may hear Iho rhythm through joyous Nature by any duller ear. thai, in uuinorys deep still cherisheil. t>nie more may murmur low to himThe winds that sung in years long perished Lit by the suns ol days grown dim. llrant that the houi-s when lii-st he listenedTo bird-songs manhood may not know. In fielils whose dew for lovers come baek to him ere he go. Grant only this. O Time most he may


A new library of poetry and song: . FOR AX oi 1) roi 1. [To RicnAKii Hknkv SronDARD.] he is olil ;ind jiast ;ill singing,Tiram. kindly Tinio. tliat lie may hear Iho rhythm through joyous Nature by any duller ear. thai, in uuinorys deep still cherisheil. t>nie more may murmur low to himThe winds that sung in years long perished Lit by the suns ol days grown dim. llrant that the houi-s when lii-st he listenedTo bird-songs manhood may not know. In fielils whose dew for lovers come baek to him ere he go. Grant only this. O Time most he may hear the song you sung When love was new—and, hearkening his oerwearied spirit voung. With .sounds of rivers singing rouml him,On wa\es that long since tlowed away. O leave him. Time, where first Love found him,Dreaming To-morrow is To-day. Henry C^?^ll?K Bi-nner. I(JKMS OK SENTIMENT AND REFI-E(JTK)N. 7o7 Sninvtiiiio ill fuiuU mill lollii», for lii^ thniugli all tljiii),H ; iiml Iiih tlioiigli


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