BY
AUSTIN DOBSON
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.
_Majores majora sonent_
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
_Copyright, 1895,_
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
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_All rights reserved._
University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
_"For old sake's sake!" 'Twere hard to choose_
_Words fitter for an old-world Muse_
_Than these, that in their cadence bring_
_Faint fragrance of the posy-ring,_
_And charms that rustic lovers use._
_The long day lengthens, and we lose_
_The first pale flush, the morning hues,--_
_Ah! but the back-look, lingering,_
_For old sake's sake!_
That _we retain. Though Time refuse_
_To lift the veil on forward views,_
_Despot in most, he is not King_
_Of those kind memories that cling_
_Around his travelled avenues_
_For old sake's sake!_
"_Qui n'a pas l'esprit de son âge_
_De son âge a tout le malheur._"
Voltaire.