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Summer passes on a sultry breeze
Windswept by sauntering time
Until at last I find myself frail and old
With all the good days far behind
Too long I’d been drowned in slumber
Caught up in my timeless dreams
That when I wake and see both fly away
They melt right into fading sunbeams
For all I’ve seen and done and known
And those I’ve loved with thought
Seeing them long passed and gone
Melts away their forget me not’s
So when you, young soul, green and new
Step on to this hallowed ground
Know that many souls have passed before you
And filled it with their lively sounds
But since now that they’re all gone and lost
And I’ve no place to go
Take this word from me, and remember
Of what came before you long ago