D. Appleton & Co., 1, 3, &

1884.

COPYRIGHT, 1884,

By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

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F243

Past and Present; or, Romance versus Reality.

YEARS-years ago-ere yet my dreams
Had been of being wise or witty-
Ere I had done with writing themes,
Or yawned o'er this infernal Chitty;-
Years-years ago—while all my joy
Was in my fowling-piece and filly,-
In short, while I was yet a boy,
I fell in love with Laura Lily.

I saw her at the County Ball:

There, where the sounds of flute and fiddle