Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DON'T GROW AWAY, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: Don't grow away from things of old
Last Line: Don't grow away too far.
Subject(s): Home


Don't grow away from things of old,
From things of old too fast;
So many change love's honest gold
For coin that will not last.
Perhaps you once were ragged clad,
And now that rich you are;
But from the things that once you had
Don't grow away too far.

Don't grow away from older friends
Because you have the new;
A man has many when he spends,
In poverty a few,
And you may find, you yet may learn,
The old are all that stay;
You yet may long to them to turn --
Don't grow too far away.

Whatever fortune may befall,
Whatever friends you know,
The dearest memory, after all,
Is that of long ago.
The time may come you long to roam
To where the old things are,
The simple tastes, the humble home --
Don't grow away too far.





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