Of the friends of last July!
While the winged flames yet flutter,
Beating 'gainst their iron cage,
Boyhood's friendships blaze and sputter,
Yet untried by shocks of age.
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Glowing love next flames and flashes
Brightly while it lasts; too soon
Shall December's whitened ashes
Dull the genial glow of June.
Pictured in the maze before me,
Sparkling eyes and golden hair,
And a flood of thoughts come o'er me,
As she stands there false and fair.
But the proverb odd and olden
Burns amid the ruddy coals;
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