Show on the river bank banic I 1 stood on the bank of the river the birds had gone to rest ply my thoughts flowed on with the water and tho the sun had sank in thorest the tho west 4 and I 1 watched the waves go tin shina As aa anyone would do the moon roso rose bright ind and gloaming and tho the night wind how it blew but I 1 stood on the bank of tho the river and I 1 watched with tears teara As tho the river flowed on in tho the same old way it had flowed for many years but bat my thoughts flowed on and on to the days when roy my heart was young i and I 1 thought as I 1 watched the river and heard tho songs it sung 9 the happiest happi sst days of my childhood when I 1 played by the tha river ri ver side buethe but river went on to the far and wide but years and years havo have past since I 1 was a little child but that river nuver will grow old but jo go 0 on fierce and wild ohl oh I 1 those happy days daya of childhood oh those happy dayi day gone byl by I 1 noer hoer will rill forget its musio and turn away with a sigh alah willma woodard this very vary pretty poem is ly a girl ed |