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HISTORY

Connecting the Past with the Future

HISTORY Connecting the Past with the Future

Henry Lawson, The Roaring Days, 1889

The night too quickly passes

And we are growing old,

So let us fill our glasses

And toast the Days of Gold;

When finds of wondrous treasure

Set all the South ablaze,

And you and I were faithful mates

All through the roaring days.
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