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ON REVISITING THE SCHOOL WHERE I WAS EDUCATED.

ADDRESSED TO MRS. ROWDEN, OF HANS PLACE.

Dear scene of childhood's happy hour!
I feel thy softly soothing pow'r;
Again I view thy well-known walls!
Again I tread thy classic halls!
Here scenes of simple pleasure rise
In sweet succession to my eyes;
And here does pensive mem'ry love
With many a fond regret to rove;
She loves in each remember'd place
Improvement, or delight, to trace;