Agricultural And Domestic

It is not as it used to be When you aud I were young, When 'round o;u-,h elm and ina-ple tree ïïhe hoaeysudkles clung; But atill I iovc the oottage whcro I passed my early years. Taough not a Ringle face is there Tuat moiuory endoars. It in uot aH it used to bc ; Tne iaoBfl la on tlie roof, And froui thcir Best beneath the eavea 'I ]!■ Hwallows keep aloof. Itiè robiuf- how thcy ueed tosing, When you and I wcre young ; And fliiHhcd about tho wild x?e'rt vtfng The opening fiowerti aniong ! It ia not as it used to be ; The; voices heard of yore, And f orms that we were wont to bc. Wc sec and kear no inore. No more ! Alas ! we look in vain For thoHe to whom we clung, And loved as wc can lovc but once, When you and I wcro young.