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Show H f ' RETROSPECTION, H "Wircnao'ur re wrong-and twilight shades .hadcome H ,j 1 1 They brought the old Arcadian to his home,; H "Joacowas- within, und-blest ContcntmEnr'Bowi - H ''BcJdahe..hcrth;; a. genial ,.autocr.at.'- f H jWusins-;Uhei while, -ita gave tofuncyrelp. x, H ' w AmUolutlnia-mcmorlos rnusod.theJnnguld.bratn H 'jirewsa,b03ragalndn very truth, H ,7,AiuLbulldcd-cafltlos, as In Ihe days, of youth,.. H ThcJMwtlight-'liQur: 1s the. most, -wltchlng'-tlrae-w H i To banish, care, lulled by the; vespor. chlme H " To tf urdon'hurts of midday's cruel rod ' H Ortna Hint path the wounded feet Jiavettrodv 1 H And, conscious of the fast impending night, B ' dHe'Iooscd-the day-droams for a willing flight. H To .yputh's- lllgh Aspiratlons wild and steep, H , . Above, the grave where disappointments sleep. H .Agajnhc;sawwan lrridesccnt sky, H 4 Whoso changing-shapes had charmed his fltrul eye; H ' Onccnioro a truant in the pathless wood, H "'- H6i spldd the nest that housed the timid broodr H Saw, too, far valos where sentrys straight and -tail- Hj l Guarded' the lono, low-sobbing waterfall, H Where.' vail day long the sun's reluctant beams H Gayp little promise to the wild bee's dreams. H Again' jo sohpol whoro mysteries were taught, H 1 v Nor greatly reckpd tho days that went for naught, H Dbiortirfg cfaOsar in his conquest of the Gaul H , t , -'Kori'soirto 'loss droadful place with bat and ball. H ' H lie fleas the mastor's omnipresent eye M To""anglo, or to seize, a buttorfly; H -(".Forgets", .oblivious nt the rattan's reel, H - lawbooks- dpwn by the chugging watcrwheelt, H p The 'great- magician moves the cunning wand,. H ' ' ; And the bright tints dissolve at its command; H Thc-gllded-rainbows, promises of yore, m Fade, with the vanished days that are no more H jiglle" seeks, to hold, a -phantom hand or clay; Hl TJicy sllpnrjlps- in sorrow -turn away;, 1 'irnpotentuteaw -bewail life's crumbling shrine; B Age, with its stafr; plods down' the hill's 'decline H He wakes from rapt delusions of the mind, Hj '- To find them unsubstantial as" the wind, H, And murmurs, pillowed in his evening chair, H 0, Vanity! Thy name is written overywhere! H A few brief. .yoprs shines lire's asconding star, H And Phoebus drivos ror him his blazing car; H Anon he gains the hlll-top'fl purpling crest, H Only 'to see the day rode In the west. B 'is this then, till the recompense or lire, H ' -' Ono portion Joy, -with the balance naught but strife H '!ro jto"d at last when the: hard struggle ends, H . And vew the billowed earth whore sleep old friends? H A. S. CONDON. |