EARLY ASCLEPIAS. 



SORROWFUL REMEMBRANCE. 



Never forget the hour of our first meeting, 

 When, 'mid the sounds of revelry and song, 



Only thy soul could know that mine was greeting 

 Its idol, wished for, waited for, so long. 



Never forget ! 



Never forget the joy of that revealment, 

 Centring an age of bliss in one sweet hour, 



When Love broke forth from friendship's frail concealment, 

 And stood confest to us in godlike power ; 



Never forget 



Never forget my heart's intense devotion, 

 Its wealth of freshness at thy feet flung free, 



Its golden hopes, whelmed in that boundless ocean, 

 Which merged all wishes, all desires, save thee : 



Never forget ! 



Never forget the moment when we parted 



When from life's summer-cloud, the bolt was hurled 



That drove us, scathed in soul, and broken hearted, 

 Alone to wander through this desert world ! 



Never forget ! 



