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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOYHOOD, by WASHINGTON ALLSTON Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, then how sweetly closed those crowded days!
Last Line: E'en now that nameless kiss I feel.
Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood
First Line: Ah, then how sweetly closed those crowded days!
Last Line: E'en now that nameless kiss I feel.
Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood
AH, then how sweetly closed those crowded days!
The minutes parting one by one, like rays
That fade upon a summer's eve.
But O, what charm or magic numbers
Can give me back the gentle slumbers
Those weary, happy days did leave?
When by my bed I saw my mother kneel,
And with her blessing took her nightly kiss;
Whatever time destroys, he cannot this; --
E'en now that nameless kiss I feel.
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