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| Posted by: Leelee 05-Oct-2009, 04:21 PM |
| ONCE upon a time rare flowers grew On every shrub and bush we used to see; The skies above our heads were always blue, The woods held secrets deep for you and me; The hillsides had their caves where tales were told Of swart-cheeked pirates from a far-off climb, When cutlasses were fierce and rovers bold - Don't you remember? - Once upon a time. Once upon a time from sun to sun The hours were full of joy - there was no care, And webs of gaudy dreams in air were spun Of deeds heroic and of fortunes fair; The jangling schoolhouse bell was all the woe Our spirits knew, and in its tuneless chime. Was all the sorrow of the long ago- Don't you remember? - Once upon a time. Once upon a time the witches rode In sinister and ominous parade Upon their sticks at night, and queer lights glowed With eerie noises by the goblins made; And many things mysterious there were . For boyish cheeks to pale at through the grime That held them brown; and shadows queer would stir- Don't you remember? - Once upon a time. Once upon a time our faith was vast To compass all the things on sea and land That boys have trembled o'er for ages past, Nor ever could explain or understand, And in that faith found happiness too deep For all the gifted tongues of prose or rhyme, And joys ineffable we could not keep - Don't you remember? - Once upon a time. By James W. Foley 1905, from Boys and Girls |