And oh! I shall find how, day by day, All thoughts and thin… - Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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And oh! I shall find how, day by day,
All thoughts and things look older;
How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay,
And the heart of friendship colder.

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet.

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Alternative Names: Winthrop Mackworth-Praed • Peregrine Courtenay

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I remember, I remember
How my childhood fleeted by,—
The mirth of its December
And the warmth of its July.

Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy,
And always blind, and often tipsy;
Sometimes for years and years together,
She ’ll bless you with the sunniest weather,
Bestowing honour, pudding, pence,
You can’t imagine why or whence;—
Then in a moment—Presto, pass!—
Your joys are withered like the grass;

Of science and logic he chatters,
As fine and as fast as he can;
Though I am no judge of such matters,
I’m sure he’s a talented man.

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