Green Peace.
When I was Your Age
BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS
AUTHOR OF “CAPTAIN JANUARY,” “MELODY,”
“QUEEN HILDEGARDE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON
ESTES AND LAURIAT
1894
Copyright, 1893,
By Estes and Lauriat.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A.
TO THE
Dear and Honored Memory of my Father,
DR. SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE.
Thy voice comes down the rolling years
Like ring of steel on steel;
With it I hear the tramp of steeds,
And the trumpet’s silver peal.
I see thee ride thy fearless way,
With steadfast look intent,
God’s servant, still by night and day,
On his high errand bent.
Thy lance lay ever in the rest
’Gainst tyranny and wrong.
Thy steed was swift, thine aim was sure,
Thy sword was keen and strong.