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Signification . . Contrition. 
Emblem Yew. 
Sentiment .... Sorrow. 
The bright days of childhood and youth have de- 
parted, 
When madly from duty I wandered astray; 
Now weeping and lonely and all broken-hearted, 
I sigh for the days I have wasted away ; 
0 ! could they return with what earnest devotion 
I ’d seek for the pathway of virtue and truth ; 
But vainly I struggle with tearful emotion, — 
I cannot recall the lost days of my youth. 
Return, gentle hope, pour thy balm on my sor- 
row, 
And say there is peace for the penitent mind, 
Though dark be my night, joy shall dawn on the 
morrow, 
And the humble in heart sweet forgiveness shall 
find. 
Anon. 
