Bygone Childhood Memories

Memories are the lamps that illuminate the dark channels of life Eden Verse In the light of summer sunset Shimmer they on silver sands Days of childhood days of mirth Come and stand in bygone lands Mist on shore and time of morning Bring with them the Days of yore Days when life was mirth and Glee Nights were filled with magic lore Wondered I a hundred times when at night I saw a star Is it lamp of fairy angel Or the holy shining jar Then with ravished joy I chanted "How I wonder what you are Twinkle twinkle little star " Gone the days of mirth and Glee Now it seems that it was dream Like a rainbow they all faded No one hath them ever seen Clock of Time stop thy tick tick Come and roam with me in past World of age is world so weary Every day seems me the last When we fished in summer noons With bait and fishing rod in hand Castles of my friends therest lay On the shore of silver sand Air was light and meadow bright Every land was magic land But it was when I was child And the life was but a play Every sight was fairy sight Every thing was as they say Shadows play on olden walls In darkish night in candle light Life is woe this life is weary Come my friends O come and play Why thou stand in silence phantoms ? Why thy lips can nothing say