WE were boys together, And never can forget The school-house near the heather, In childhood where we met; The humble home to memory dear, Its sorrows and its joys; Where woke the transient smile or tear, When you and I were boys. We were youths together, And castles built in air, Your heart was like a feather, And mine weighed down with care; To you came wealth with manhood's prime, To me it brought alloys -- Foreshadowed in the primrose time, When you and I were boys. We're old men together: The friends we loved of yore, With leaves of autumn weather, Are gone forevermore. How blest to age the impulse given, The hope time ne'er destroys, Which led our thoughts from earth to heaven When you and I were boys! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST THEM WHO LAY UNCHASTITY TO THE SEX OF WOMAN by WILLIAM HABINGTON DOOMSDAY: TREASURES IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) THE ACHARNIANS: IN PRAISE OF THE POET by ARISTOPHANES ON SEEING AN OLD POET IN THE CAFE ROYAL by JOHN BETJEMAN THE TOPMOST BOUGH by GAMALIEL BRADFORD TO A YOUNG FRIEND LEARNING TO PLAY THE FLUTE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD VERSES: THE FIFTH BOY by JOHN BYROM KEEP IT DARK by HENRY CHAPPELL AN ADDRESS TO THE MOB ON OCCASION OF THE LATE RIOT ... HUGH PALLISER by WILLIAM COWPER |