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William Roscoe, “To My Books, On Parting With Them”

http://icrapoport.com/nightmares-of-a-disaster-2/?utm_source=rss As one who, destined from his friends to part,
Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile
To share their converse and enjoy their smile,
And tempers as he may affliction’s dart;

militarily Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art,
Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile
My tedious hours, and lighten every toil,
I now resign you; nor with fainting heart;

For pass a few short years, or days, or hours,
And happier seasons may their dawn unfold,
And all your sacred fellowship restore:
When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers,
Mind shall with mind direct communion hold,
And kindred spirits meet to part no more.

 

I can’t find this poem of Roscoe’s available in linkable form anywhere else on the internet, so I thought I’d put it up myself.

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