AN OLD HOUSE.
' ;/ r /In/fancy : !l;can ;see:;thee:stand-/';-: / M■: .■■: Again /ih^the green meadow ■■ land; :/■ '; V"'/'.'..,; -i././As inthine infancy; long/past,.; /; L .; /'-... ///,;',When/.SbuthwarkJ.was;a lovely/waste; ./..- / ■ •/-/ 'And larks; and -r.blackbirds' sang around, .:. /f//' ; ,As',commpn.'as'their./children . found/, /-,/ So ;'faraway./ih.'these.late, days. ''/.':..• .;'/;/And;:thou didst .like a-lighthouso: raise.; ;/•;/.;Thy'wind.owsj v that;tKeir/light;could /show'* 1 / ;;/;]Acrbss'/the>brbad/;-greDn calm -below; '■•-.-.'- //'..//'And;theiro were trees, ..beneath-'whoso boughs' .; r; ; Stood-happy.horses, sheep, and. cows. v/i. :■'../ :./, ; ;i'roin' thy back /windows, thou 'cbuldst 'see,;/ . /;/;:/Halt-way /between/St./Paul's; and "'thee, /■ ':'■ ;;;r; Swans;/with; /their. shadows,- and'•the'.-' barge , /'.,//:-;OfState/bid',Thames ,took:Jn/his charge. ; ; : ;/,///:Ah', \\y briyjthpu','- now/what.;thou wert then,, . ■ //;,'There, were/no need, tofiy. ; ,from'.imon.'; \ .' ./",'.'lnstead.of 'those' green'meadows, ' now ; ■■■; :','. ;>/ ', Three.hundrod-'hungry.'children'show. '• .■".', ~;/-Eags'ahd:'white"facesi«t' thy door '■ . ; ;.For,;charity.;/We sce/no/moro.; /, ; ; :;i.;///,, V;:./;Oreen;lahes,?but/alleys.dark'instead'; l /'■!/ //Whero ■ nonol, can ..walk; but/fear' to /tread: v.;'; /.' /■ On', babes/that' «tawl';in, dirt :ahd/slimK.. ; ''//And./frqin: thy: windows;,/'afc this ■'■ ;/ThouVcahst not''seoich.yards beyond,"-'.'.!. •/- ;/;'Por.cthe;:high';blocksvthat stand ,around; 7 - ; ■.-■■.. "Buil.dings/tEat/ofttimes /only"give . •'■;>.:•::/-• ••-:',/-pno/r6om/':in/which• five .souls must ''liye^/" ' ~ :/.With-fbutj one..window/for their air,' .'';/ ; ''V •■■'• .E on ' .art'.,tho\i:now with.lives.of. ; ': :.V ./Por-hungry men :poor ,;■;'' V" ; .//.Seek/food::and-lodging at thy door: '■:."". '///Thou /that, didst hear, in thy ..first''hours,' •:.'.-.Birds' sing,.. and...saw the./sweet,-.wild;/flowcrs'. ; ; % y/rriVyilliam J Nation",
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 9
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164AN OLD HOUSE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 9
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