When the voices of children are heard on the green



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When the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale, The [desires del.] days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green & pale.

Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down And the dews of night arise; Your spring & your day are wasted in play, And your winter & night in disguise.