Glenndeavour

1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875.

W. Wordsworth

CCLXXXVI. “My heart leaps up when I behold”

MY heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began, So is it now I am a man, So be it when I shall grow old [...]

Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875.

A. L. Barbauld

CLXV. “Life! I know not what thou art”

LIFE! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part; And when, or how, or where we met I own to me’s a secret yet.

Life! we’ve been long together, [...]

CCXXIV. Past and PresentI REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, 5 Nor brought too long a day: But now, I often [...]

C. Lamb

CCXX. The Old Familiar Faces

I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful schooldays: All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies: 5All, [...]

As noted in the previous post, two of Hersel’s children held a memorial service for him in Sun City.After the service they hosted Hersel’s friends at his home. A gentleman came over and sat down by me and introduced himself as Marvin Leamons. He said that his wife who was sitting across the room from [...]