Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A MEMORY OF 1876, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP


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A MEMORY OF 1876, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For ages past, before the forest deep
Last Line: In the valley of the blue juniata.
Subject(s): Beauty; Life; Memory; Past


FOR ages past, before the forest deep
Had yielded to the ravages of man,
The lonely savage gained his living
In the valley of the blue Juniata.

When human culture found its life and home,
About the strangely wildered mountain scenes
Of dell and rock, the glory was resting
In the valley of the blue Juniata.

A wand'ring chance brought me, a stripling then,
Into the glories of that fabled stream,
And started all the joys of life, when riding
In the valley of the blue Juniata.

The moonlight shed its silver radiance there
Upon the mountain glen and woodland shade,
While I stood blissful and sublimely dreaming
In the valley of the blue Juniata.

And drinking deeply from its fountains pure
Of beauty and of power, peaceful and serene,
I found my dedication there, while musing
In the valley of the blue Juniata.





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