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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDHOOD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Old sorrow I shall meet again
Last Line: Of age, should sadden even thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Old sorrow I shall meet again
Last Line: Of age, should sadden even thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
OLD Sorrow I shall meet again,
And Joy, perchance -- but never, never,
Happy Childhood, shall we twain
See each other's face forever!
And yet I would not call thee back,
Dear Childhood, lest the sight of me,
Thine old companion, on the rack
Of Age, should sadden even thee.
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