Unknown [Short poem]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02150.50 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: n.d. Pagination: 1 p. : 8.6 x 6 Order a Copy
Short poem taking up both sides of the piece of paper. The sides are numbered one and two.
The poem repeatedly refers to someone named 'Maggie'
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(1) I wandered today to the Hill, Maggie.
To watch the scene below
The [curls] & the creaking old mill, Maggie
As we used to, long-a-go.
The green [grass] is gone from the hill, Maggie
When first the daisies sprung
The creak-ing old mill is still Maggie,
Since you & I were young.
[2]
(2) They say I am feeble with age, Maggie
My steps are less sprightly then
My face is a well written page Maggie
But mine alone was the [few].
And now we are aged and gray Maggie
The trials of life nearly done
Let us sing of the days that are gone Maggie
When you & I were young.
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