THE SONGS OF YESTERDAY.
I wonder m what distant placeSweet "Annie Rooney" still is heard, 3Vhere "Daisy Bell" has hid her face, Where Doris tells of hope deferred ? If still some tender chord is stirred ,- By "Henrietta," blithe and gay, Who never at a feast demurred? — Where are the songs of yesterday? If m some dusky, moonlight space, ''O Promise Me" is gently purred By some lone maiden, whose embrace , Was never asked a heart to gird? And, with barbaric accent slurred, In some strange country, far away, If "Tommy Atkins' " cause is spurred ? — Where are the. songs of yesterday? And where lives m its ancient grace "Love's Old Sweet Song," by Time unblurred? Where does "Ben Bolt" his thought's retrace To feed on. sorrow's whey and curd? Does "Only Me" still beg a'word, Has "Golden Hair" yet turned to grey, Does "Nancy" mourn her vanished ; bird?— Where are the songs of yesterday?
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9642, 17 January 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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153THE SONGS OF YESTERDAY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9642, 17 January 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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