THE FRIENDS OF DAYS GONE BY.
Maby A. Ford (Una).
OH, friends who gladlened vanished years, I fondly picture all Your dear, dear faces glowing fair On mem'ry's love lit wall ; Through change and distance brightly beams Each earnest, truthful eye, For friendship's portraits never fade, Denr friends of days gone by. Your kindly looks and cheering words Made smooth life's rugged ways ; Your smiles were sunshine in the gloom Of sorrow- clouded days ; Oh peaceful, happy be your paths, Though far from mine they lie, And oft in spirit may we meet, Sweet friends of days gone by. My heart is full cf grateful thoughts, And fain would breathe in song The deep, devotion, fervent, true, That has been yours so long ; But far too weak are words to tell Of love that ne'er can die — God bless you all for ever more, Dear fricuds of days gone by. —New York Freeman's Journal.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 5, 31 October 1890, Page 31
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154THE FRIENDS OF DAYS GONE BY. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 5, 31 October 1890, Page 31
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