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I GIVE you the health of the oldest friend	A
That short of eternity earth can lend	A
A friend so faithful and tried and true	B
That nothing can wean him from me and you	B
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When first we screeched in the sudden blaze	C
Of the daylight's blinding and blasting rays	C
And gulped at the gaseous groggy air	D
This old old friend stood waiting there	D
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And when with a kind of mortal strife	E
We had gasped and choked into breathing life	E
He watched by the cradle day and night	F
And held our hands till we stood upright	F
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From gristle and pulp our frames have grown	G
To stringy muscle and solid bone	G
While we were changing he altered not	H
We might forget but he never forgot	H
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He came with us to the college class	I
Little cared he for the steward's pass	I
All the rest must pay their fee	J
Put the grim old dead head entered free	J
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He stayed with us while we counted o'er	K
Four times each of the seasons four	L
And with every season from year to year	M
The dear name Classmate he made more dear	M
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He never leaves us he never will	N
Till our hands are cold and our hearts are still	N
On birthdays and Christmas and New Year's too	B
He always remembers both me and you	B
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Every year this faithful friend	A
His little present is sure to send	A
Every year wheresoe'er we be	J
He wants a keepsake from you and me	J
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How he loves us he pats our heads	O
And lo they are gleaming with silver threads	O
And he 's always begging one lock of hair	D
Till our shining crowns have nothing to wear	D
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At length he will tell us one by one	P
'My child your labor on earth is done	P
And now you must journey afar to see	J
My elder brother Eternity '	-
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And so when long long years have passed	Q
Some dear old fellow will be the last	Q
Never a boy alive but he	J
Of all our goodly company	J
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When he lies down but not till then	R
Our kind Class Angel will drop the pen	R
That writes in the day book kept above	S
Our lifelong record of faith and love	S
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So here's a health in homely rhyme	T
To our oldest classmate Father Time	T
May our last survivor live to be	J
As bald and as wise and as tough as he	J

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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