Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-08-11
MY LOS T YOUTH.
ny IL. W. LoSorELLOw.

Often think OF the beautiful town:
That is seated by the eai
Often IN thought 60 NJ aud down
Tie pleasant sItretS OF that dear old town,
Aud my youth comes back 10 me. SEEln
And verse OF u Lapland Ons
Is haunting my menory sui
"a buys Will Is the WINDS Will,
And the thoughts OF youth onS long thoushts.'
can the shadowy lines OF its trees,
And catch, ia sudden gieams,
The sheen Of the TAT surrounding seas,
Aud is anus that were line He$leTIdes
or all my bOyish dreams
NHd the burden OF tB7t old song,
II muTmuTA aud whispers SIlI
"a boys Will III the winds will,
Aud the thoughts oil youth ATE long long thoughts"
l remember the black wharyes and the slips,
Aud the se1-tIdes tossing Grec'
And spanish sailors with bearded lips,
Aud the beauty and mystery OF the ships,
And the mage OF the sea,
Aud the voice OF that wayward sOns
Is SINGING aud yinS still:
"a boys Will Is tile winds Will,
And the thoughts OF youth ale long, long thoughts"
remember the bulwarks by the shore,
And the tort upon the hills
The sunrise gun, with lis hollow roar,
The Il UNI beat repeated er aE1 O'eI,
Aud the huge wild and shriIl.
And the music OF that Old song
ThTObbS in Iuy ITenOGy sill:
"a bO rs will Is the winds Will,
And the thoughts OF youth louE, long thOushts'
remember the sea.fght far away,
Hn'v it Numbered uer The tide!
And t dead Captains, as they lay
In their graves, 3'erlOOk'ns the tranquil bay,
W mere lhey In battle uted.
Aud the sound OF THAI InOurulul song
Goes IlIi Oush the with thrill;
"a boys viii Is the winds VIII,
And the thoughts OF youth are long long thoughts
Icsnsre the breezy dome OF groves,
The shadows OF behring's woods
and the tr:erdshiPs Old aEd the early loves
In quiet neghborhoOds.
Aud the verse Of that sweet Old song,
II fiutteTs and muTmIuIs stilIi
"A boys will Is the winds will,
And the thoughts oil youth Ale long, long thoughts'
remember the CLEANS and sloOms that dart
ALIosS The SchOOIbOy's grain;
The song and the silei.ee IA the heart,
That III part arc prophecies, aud III part
Are lOnginsS wild aud vain,
Aud lie voice OF that htiuI song
Sings on, and Is never still;
"a boys will Is ;he winds will,
And the thoughts OF youth ale lUIs, long thoughts
There are things OF which may not speak;
There are dreams that Cannot dei
There thoughts that make the strong heart weak,
Aud bring paOr into the cheek,
And mist before the eye,
Aud the words OF that fatal song
Come over nue. like chill,
"a boys will is the winds will,
And the thoughts Of youth are long, long thoughts
St,snge 10 me now are the forms meet
When visit the dear Old town;
hut the native AIR is pure and sweet,
Andth trees that oershalOw well known street
As they balance up and down
Are signing and whispering still:
Are singing the beautiful song:
ga boys will is the winds will,
And the thoughts OF youth are long, long thoughts"
And behring's woods are fresh and fair,
Aud with 10y that is alT.Ost lin
My heart goes back to wander there,
And among the dreams Of the days that were,
hnd my lost youth again
And The strange and beautiful song,
The groves are repeating il still.
"a boys will Is the winds will,
And the thoughts OF youth are long, long thoushts'