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COLLECTED POEMS


BY
AUSTIN DOBSON


IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.


_Majores majora sonent_


NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS




_Copyright, 1895,_
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

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_All rights reserved._


University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.




    _"For old sake's sake!" 'Twere hard to choose_
    _Words fitter for an old-world Muse_
        _Than these, that in their cadence bring_
        _Faint fragrance of the posy-ring,_
    _And charms that rustic lovers use._

    _The long day lengthens, and we lose_
    _The first pale flush, the morning hues,--_
        _Ah! but the back-look, lingering,_
            _For old sake's sake!_

    That _we retain. Though Time refuse_
    _To lift the veil on forward views,_
        _Despot in most, he is not King_
        _Of those kind memories that cling