. The Forester . jftovn the Back of a photo ttm. HAT summer day, so long ago, We sat and talked, we two and they-^ And watched the rapid river flowTo join the ocean, far away. And we ? We floated down the streamOf life, that stretched before us then. Each following his own pet dream,And careless if we met again. But he and she at length were drawn To join their voyages into one;And so they passed together on. And we were left apart, alone. The stream flowed on in ceaseless whirled us on our separate ways, But still my thought, in fond back to where thy picture stays. O
. The Forester . jftovn the Back of a photo ttm. HAT summer day, so long ago, We sat and talked, we two and they-^ And watched the rapid river flowTo join the ocean, far away. And we ? We floated down the streamOf life, that stretched before us then. Each following his own pet dream,And careless if we met again. But he and she at length were drawn To join their voyages into one;And so they passed together on. And we were left apart, alone. The stream flowed on in ceaseless whirled us on our separate ways, But still my thought, in fond back to where thy picture stays. O maiden, hast thou never thoughtWe two should even be as they ? Twas fated, though we knew it not,So long ago, that .summer daj-. 178
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