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To you in distant India, these I send across the seas, Nor count it far across. TO YOU IN DISTANT INDIA THOSE I SEND ACROSS THE SEAS NOR COUNT IT FAR ACROSS
ed And see the pictures overhead-- The wars about Sebastopol, The grinning guns along the wall, The daring escalade, The plunging ships, the bleating sheep, The happy children ankle-deep And laughing as they wade; All these are vanished clean away, And the old manse is changed to-day; It wears an altered face And shields a stranger race. The river, on from mill to mill, Flows past our childhood's garden still; But ah! we children never more Shall watch it from the water-door. Below the yew--it still is there-- Our phantom voices haunt the air As we were still at play, And I can hear them call and say: "_How far is it to Babylon?_" Ah, far enough, my dear, Far, far enough from here-- Yet you have farther gone! "_Can I get there by candlelight?_" So goes the old refrain. I do not know--perchance you might-- But only, children, hear it right, Ah, never to return again! The eternal dawn, beyond a doubt, Shall break on hill and plain, And put all stars and candles out Ere we be young again.  RUFFLE IN THE WIND AND PLEASANT THERE TO LIE IN BED AND SEE THE PICTURES OVERHEAD THE WORDS ABOUT SABUS GASPOLE THE GREETING GUNS ALONG THE WALL THE DARING ILLUSCADE THE PLUNGING SHIPS THE BLEEDING SHEEP THE HAPPY CHILDREN ANKLE DEEP AND LAUGHING AS THEY WADE ALTHOUGH ARE BOUND TO CLEAN AWAY AND THE OLD MATCH CHANGED TO DAY IT WEARS AN ALTERED FACE AND SHIELDS A STRANGER RACE THE RIVER ON FROM MILL TO MILL FLOWS PAST OUR CHILDHOOD GARDEN STILL BUT AH WE CHILDREN NEVERMORE SHALL WATCH IT FROM THE WATER DOOR BELOW THE YOUTH IT STILL IS THERE OUR FOUNTAIN VOICE HAUNT THE AIR AS WE WERE STILL IN PLAY AND I CAN HEAR THEM CALL AND SAY HOW FAR IS THIS BABYLOAD AFAR ENOUGH MY DEAR FAR FAR ENOUGH FROM HERE YET YOU HAVE FURTHER GONE CAN I GET THERE BY CANDLE LIGHT SO GOES THE OLD REFRAIN I DO NOT KNOW PERCHANCE YOU MIGHT BUT ALL THE CHILDREN HEAR IT RIGHT AH NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN THE ETERNAL DOG BEYOND THE DOAT SHALL BREAK ON HILL AND PLAIN AND PULL STARS AND CANDLES OUT ER WE'LL BE YOUNG AGAIN
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