I take your book -- of autographs: I take a look -- at photographs. You here in happy order range, Your many friends, forever dear -- For fleeting time and restless change, A precious, lasting souvenir. Permit me, too, to write my name; But where? with Jennie or with Mattie? With Katie, Minnie, or with Pollie? No matter where, 'tis all the same, Whether with Nellie or with Hattie; Then put it here along with Mollie. The partial act no one can blame; All petty jealousy may cease; Admiring all, we thus proclaim, A preference for a lovely niece. The memory of tender years -- Those years that quickly fly, So full of hope, so free from tears, Can never, never die. Though far apart we wander, As time shall roll away; Our hearts no space can sunder, Our love can ne'er decay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONS; A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY TWILIGHT SYMPHONY by LESLIE ANDERSON THE VALEDICTION by RICHARD BAXTER A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 17 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT EPITAPH ON MR. VAUX, THE PHYSICIAN by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) IMPROMPTU by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |