On Leaving Winchester School
The spring shall visit thee again, Itchin! and yonder ancient fane,[1] That casts its shadow on thy breast, As if, by many winters beat, The blooming season it would greet, With many a straggling wild-flower shall be dressed. But I, amid the youthful train That stray at evening by thy side, No longer shall a guest remain, To mark the spring's reviving pride. I go not unrejoicing; but who knows, When I have shared, O world! thy common woes, Returning I may drop some natural tears; As these same fields I look around, And hear from yonder dome[2] the slow bell sound, And think upon the joys that crowned my stripling years!
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