The morning of our life is past, and evening shades appear.

Cottage by the Sea.

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Childhood’s days now pass before me

Forms and scenes of long ago,

Like a dream they hover o’er me,

Calm and bright as evening’s glow,

Days that know no shade of sorrow,

There my young heart pure and free,