"For Old Sake's Sake!" 'twere Hard To Choose

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Title:     "For Old Sake's Sake!" 'twere Hard To Choose
Author: Austin Dobson [More Titles by Dobson]

"For Old Sake's Sake!" 'twere Hard To Choose
Words fitter for an old-world Muse
Than these, that in their cadence bring
Faint fragrance of the posy-ring,
And charms that rustic lovers use.

The long day lengthens, and we lose
The first pale flush, the morning hues,--
Ah! but the back-look, lingering,
For old sake's sake!

That we retain. Though Time refuse>
To lift the veil on forward views,
Despot in most, he is not King
Of those kind memories that cling
Around his travelled avenues
For old sake's sake!

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Austin Dobson's poem: "For Old Sake's Sake!" 'twere Hard To Choose

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