Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? So might we talk of the old familiar faces— How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Old Familiar Faces (1798; text of 1818), final two stanzas; Verified against the E. V. Lucas edition of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 4. Read the complete poem; final six lines preserve the distinction between friends who died and friends who departed. Public-domain text.
- The Old Familiar Faces (1798; text of 1818), final two stanzas
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