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 A SONG OF 
 LONGAGO 
 
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEy 
 
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A SONG OF LONG AGO 
 
A SONG 
 OF LONG AGO 
 
 By 
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 
 
 Decorated by 
 Emily Hall Chamberlain 
 
 The BobbS' Merrill Company 
 publishers 
 
Copyright, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891. 1892, 1894, 
 1897, 1898, 1901, 1905, 1913 
 
 by 
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 
 
 Ail rights reserved 
 
 CI.A361805 
 
A SONG OF 
 LONG AGO 
 
 SONG of Long Ago: 
 Sing it lightly — 
 
 sing it low — 
 
 Sing it softly — like the lisping 
 of the lips we used to kno\A^ 
 
 When our baby-laughter spilled 
 
 From the glad hearts ever filled 
 
 With music blithe as 
 
 robin ever trilled I 
 
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Let the fragrant summer- breeze. 
 
 And the leaves of locust-trees, 
 
 And the apple- buds and 
 blossoms, and the 
 
 wings of honey-bees. 
 
 All palpitate with glee. 
 
 Till the happy harmony 
 
 Brings back each childish 
 
 joy to you and me. 
 
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 x; Let the eyes of fancy turn 
 
 Where the tumbled pippins burn 
 
 Like embers in the orchard's lap 
 of tangled grass and fern, — 
 
 There let the old path wind 
 
 In and out and on behind 
 
 The cider-press that 
 
 chuckles as we grind. 
 
 
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 Blend in the song the moan 
 
 Of the dove that grieves alone. 
 
 And the wild whir of the locust, 
 and the bumble's 
 
 drowsy drone; 
 
 And the low of cows that call 
 
 Through the pasture^ 
 
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 The landscape fades 
 
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