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Show HENRT HOWIANP (AFTER LONG I YEARS V ' T After long: years he had turned back again Had turned back with honors that proudly he bore: After long years he stood ln the lane Where he had loitered loi-tered barefooted of yore; After long years he paused by the stile Glad to be there and forget for a while. II. After long years he ceased to be proud, Ceased to think riches were splendid alone; After long years, far, far from the crowd, He gazed on the scenes that ln youth he had known; After Ion's years he dreamed for a while Of a maid he had kissed as they stood by the stile, III. After long years he was'glad to be there, Glad to forget that his boyhood had flown. Glad to be dreaming alone, unaware Of a ram that considered that realm all his own; After long years lie rose for a while And fell with a grunt far, far from the stile. |