gest tale in the world was still untold.

And I knew that of all this rushing of urgent sound
That I so clearly heard,
The green young forest of saplings clustered round
Was heeding not one word:
Their heads were bowed in a still serried patience
Such as an angel's breath could never have stirred.

For some were already away to the hazardous pitch,
Or lining the parapet wall,
And some were in glorious battle, or great and rich,
Or throned in a college hall:
And among the rest was one like my own young phantom,
Dreaming for ever beyond my utmost call.

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"O Youth," the preacher was crying, "deem not thou
Thy life is thine alone;
Thou bearest the will of the ages, seeing how
They built thee bone by bone,
And within thy blood the Great Age sleeps sepulchred
Till thou and thine shall roll away the stone.

"Therefore the days are coming when thou shalt burn
With passion whitely hot;
Rest shall be rest no more; thy feet shall spurn
All that thy hand hath got;
And One that is stronger shall gird thee, and lead thee swiftly
Whither, O heart of Youth, thou wouldest not."

And the School passed; and I saw the living and dead
Set in their seats again,
And I longed to hear them speak of the word that was said,
But I knew that I longed in vain.
And they stretched forth their hands, and the wind of the
spirit took them
Lightly as drifted leaves on an endless plain.

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_The Echo_

OF A BALLAD SUNG BY H. PLUNKET GREENE TO HIS OLD SCHOOL

Twice three hundred boys were we,
_Long ago, long ago,_
Where the Downs look out to the Severn Sea.
_Clifton for aye!_
We held by the game and hailed the team,
For many could play where few could dream.
_City of Song shall stand alway._

Some were for profit and some for pride,
_Long ago, long ago,_
Some for the flag they lived and died.
_Clifton for aye!_
The work of the world must still be done,
And minds are many though truth be one.
_City of Song shall stand alway._

But a lad there was to his fellows sang,
_Long ago, long ago,_
And soon the world to his music rang.
_Clifton for aye!_

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Follow your Captains, crown your Kings,
But what will ye give to the lad that sings?
_City of Song shall stand alway._

For the voice ye hear is the voice of home,