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First Line: She that was myself went by
Last Line: Light of foot and gay of eye.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Aging


She that was myself went by,
Long ago and long ago,
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Oh, the path was green and high
Roses nodded row on row --
She that was myself went by.

Swift she went and happily,
Like a cloud the spring winds blow --
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Old with many griefs I sigh,
Youth is winged, Time is slow --
She that was myself went by.

Vain the summons, vain the cry --
She will never turn I trow,
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Here alone sit Age and I
Since that day when, watching so,
She that was myself went by
Light of foot and gay of eye.





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