| I miss thee, blithe companion of my youth
As now the changing years move slow away, These times return, and now I know in truth I loved you in that bright and happy day. I miss thee now! The joys of vanished years, That long ago have blended with the past, To me return, and now I see thru tears My folly of youth's day that flew so fast. Ah, had I spoken ere thy passion waned! Had I but shown the love I might have shown, And cheered thy heart so sorely: deeply pained, Both lives life's sweetest joys might long have known. Love's warmth and glow were crimsoned on thy cheek. Thy rosy lips oft met and re-met mine. Thou loved'st, but of love thou could' st not speak, Thou could'st but wait and let thy heart re- pine. I knew not then I loved thee; altho joy, The purest and the brightest filled my life. My heart was light___I was a care free boy, Until this sorrow filled my soul with strife. I miss thee! When thy fond heart, failing, turned Despairing, o'er the distant hills to rove, My conscience smote me, and my bosom yearned For love and thee. Ah, then I knew my love! __Colfax Burgoyne Harman |
Poems Of Sentiment
Colfax Burgoyne Harman
(Valley Falls, Kansas: Harman Publishing. 1905)
Pages 214-215
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