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The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Canst thou read in its motto the warning it gave To such as would dare forge a chain for the brave? Oh, happy boy, in thy childish glee, What is the strife, and the battle to thee? Will thou pardon the mother who dares to repine That the dark thoughts which cross her may never be thine? But I come of a race not tainted with fear, Who shrank not from danger when duty was near; And, child, when thy country is roused for its right, I envy proud mothers with sons in their might. Gloucester County. I'm Growing old,by John G. Saxe. My days pass pleasantly away; My nights are blest with sweetest sleep; I feel no symptoms of decay; I have no cause to weep; My foes are impotent and shy; My friends are neither false nor cold, And yet, of late, I often sight-- I'm growing old ! My growing talk of olden times, My growing thirst for early news, My growing apathy to rhymes, My growing love of easy shoes, My growing hates of crowds and noise, My growing fear of taking col