Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOLDEN DAYS, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER


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First Line: Golden days -- where are they?
Last Line: Golden days?
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Grief; Love; Past; Youth; Sorrow; Sadness


GOLDEN days -- where are they?
Pilgrims east and west
Cry; if we could find them
We would pause and rest:
We would pause and rest a little
From our long and weary ways: --
Where are they, then, where are they --
Golden days?

Golden days -- where are they?
Ask of childhood's years,
Still untouched by sorrow,
Still undimmed by tears:
Ah, they seek a phantom Future,
Crowned with brighter, starry rays; --
Where are they, then, where are they --
Golden days?

Golden days -- where are they?
Has Love learnt the spell
That will charm them hither,
Near our hearth to dwell?
Insecure are all her treasures,
Restless is her anxious gaze: --
Where are they, then, where are they --
Golden days?

Golden days -- where are they?
Farther up the hill
I can hear the echo
Faintly calling still:
Faintly calling, faintly dying,
In a far-off misty haze: --
Where are they, then, where are they --
Golden days?





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