What, JACK, the boy I've known—God bless me!
Why yes, it was in '43
That first we met, and—since you press me—
The time has sped without my knowledge,
That's close on fifty years ago;
Like some deep river's silent flow,
Since JACK and I first met at College.
'Twas on a cloudy Autumn day.
Fast fading into misty twilight;
The freshmen, as they trooped to pray,