Marmion. Introduction to Canto i.

Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,

When thought is speech, and speech is truth.

Marmion. Introduction to Canto ii.

When, musing on companions gone,

We doubly feel ourselves alone.

Marmion. Introduction to Canto ii.

'T is an old tale and often told;

But did my fate and wish agree,

Ne'er had been read, in story old,