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 NO. I 
 
RIEND o* mine of 
 
 long ^ 
 I would reach across 
 
 the years 
 To the days ^we losed 
 
 to know, 
 To the laughter and 
 
 the tears ; 
 Fain would find th^e 
 
 songs w^e knew^-— 
 Brave old songs they 
 
 w^ere, in truth [ 
 Strains that cheered fcr 
 
 me and you 
 All the golden 
 paths of youth. 
 
^A^ould journey back 
 
 again 
 To the parting of the 
 
 ways, 
 Journey from this world 
 
 of men 
 To the wondrous oiher 
 
 days; 
 I would find the meadow^ 
 
 lands 
 Odorous of mini and 
 
 musk, 
 Find the fields where 
 
 shadow* hands 
 Trailed the draperies 
 
 of dusk. 
 
'RIEND o' mine 
 
 used to be ' 
 
 Ho. the world is long 
 
 and wide! 
 You have fared afar 
 
 from me, 
 Stout of heart and 
 
 eager* eyed; 
 I have journeyed here 
 
 and there 
 'Neath the palm-tree 
 
 or the pine, 
 But each spot had 
 
 been more fair 
 Were you with me, 
 
 friend o' mine! 
 
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 Cr, tiiough, are €Ke 
 
 stretching miles, 
 What the darkness of 
 
 the night 
 When each of the golden 
 
 whiles 
 Glimraers in the friendly 
 
 light 
 Of the memories we 
 
 hold 
 Of the days when field 
 
 and tree 
 And the meadow^lands 
 
 outrolled 
 Were the world for 
 
 you and me? 
 
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