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Robert Laurence Binyon - Reminiscence
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The rain was ending, and light
 Lifting the leaden skies.
 It shone upon ceiling and floor
 And dazzled a child`s eyes.

 Pale after fever, a captive
 Apart from his schoolfellows,
 He stood at the high room`s window
 With face to the pane pressed close,

 And beheld an immense glory
 Flooding with fire the drops
 Spilled on miraculous leaves
 Of the fresh green lime--tree tops.

 Washed gravel glittered red
 To a wall, and beyond it nine
 Tall limes in the old inn yard
 Rose over the tall inn sign.

 And voices arose from beneath
 Of boys from school set free,
 Racing and chasing each other
 With laughter and games and glee.

 To the boy at the high room--window,
 Gazing alone and apart,
 There came a wish without reason,
 A thought that shone through his heart.

 I`ll choose this moment and keep it,
 He said to himself, for a vow,
 To remember for ever and ever
 As if it were always now.
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