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ON A DISTANT VIEW OF HARROW.
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ON A DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLAGE AND SCHOOL OF HARROW ON THE HILL, 1806.
Oh! mihi præteritos referat si Jupiter annos.[1]—Virgil.
1.
Ye scenes of my childhood, whose lov'd recollection
Embitters the present, compar'd with the past;
Where science first dawn'd on the powers of reflection,
And friendships were form'd, too romantic to last;[2]
2.
Where fancy, yet, joys to retrace the resemblance
Of comrades, in friendship and mischief allied;[3]
How welcome to me your ne'er fading remembrance,[4]
Which rests in the bosom, though hope is deny'd!
3.
Again I revisit the hills where we sported,
- ↑ [The motto was prefixed in Hours of Idleness.]
- ↑ ["My school-friendships were with me passions (for I was always violent), but I do not know that there is one which has endured (to be sure, some have been cut short by death) till now."—Diary, 1821; Life, p. 21.]
- ↑ [Byron was at first placed in the house of Mr. Henry Drury, but in 1803 was removed to that of Mr. Evans. "The reason why Lord Byron wishes for the change, arises from the repeated complaints of Mr. Henry Drury respecting his inattention to business, and his propensity to make others laugh and disregard their employment as much as himself."—Dr. Joseph Drury to Mr. John Hanson.]
- ↑ How welcome once more.—[4to]
- ↑ ["At Harrow I fought my way very fairly. I think I lost but one battle out of seven."—Diary, 1821; Life, p. 21.]
