Death & Dying
At School I Knew Him
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Death & Dying
AT school I knew him -- a sharp-witted youth,
Grave, thoughtful, and reserved amongst his mates,
Turning the hours of sport and food to labour,
Starving his body to inform his mind.
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Codex Note
From The Monastery (1820)
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