English Poetry. George Pope Morris. We Were Boys Together. Джордж Поуп Моррис.

George Pope Morris (Джордж Поуп Моррис)

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  (Music by Russell)

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 for evermore.
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!

George Pope Morris’s other poems:

1. The Deserted Bride
2. Woman
3. Boat-Song
4. Land-Ho!
5. The Ball-Room Belle

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