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Title: Wayside poems for old and young
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Van Slyke, Elmer W., 1861-
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Publisher: Binghamton, N.Y., Chronicle Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Spring Hill On the brow of a prairie knollThere stood and is standing still The school house dear, known far and nearTo the wise ones as Old Spring Hill. And my memory often wanders To that spot where long agoI had more joy as a barefoot boy Than my manhood eer can know. The girls I knew were angels; I imagined them nought but good, And one was fair with auburn hairIn the bud of sweet maidenhood. She used to wait and walk with me And it gave my heart a thrill.For I loved her true as children do In the school house at Old Spring Hill. All the world was innocent thenTo my unsuspecting eyes, And life was sweet in trust completeThat I lost eer I learned to prize.But over the years of mist I seeOne spot that is sacred still,Where love was pure and will endureForever at Old Spring Hill. 37 The girl of my childish fancyTo Heaven was borne away, With youths clean page unsoiled by age And untarnished by sins decay. But memory hangs like a halo Where I may wander at will Adown the glen with her

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