Classic Poem

DEDICATED TO A FELLOW PUPIL IN THE INSTITUTION .

Shall I meet thee again where so oft we have met,
When our bosoms from sorrow were free?
Oh! those moments of pleasure will steal o'er me yet,
When thou art far distant from me!

Shall I meet thee again, 'neath the green willow's shade
That waves o'er Oneida's calm lake?
When the mild rays of evening in loveliness fade,
Shall my lute its soft music awake?

Oh! say shall I meet thee unaltered again —
Thy friendship as fervent as now?
Or will absence efface from thy mem'ry my name,
And cold be the smile on thy brow?