Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMMENCEMENT POEM: 6, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL


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COMMENCEMENT POEM: 6, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The pleasant path of youth that we have ranged
Last Line: To grave our manhood on a brazen shield.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Commencement


The pleasant path of youth that we have ranged
Ends here; as children we lie down this even,
But while we sleep there is a stir in heaven --
A hundred guardian angels have been changed.
Those of our childhood gently have departed
With its pure record, writ on lilies, sealed;
And in their place stand spirits sterner-hearted,
To grave our manhood on a brazen shield.





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