Here We Three Have Met Again

Here We Three Have Met Again

Here we three have met again,
After years of hope and pain;
Since our parting, time has laid
Many a three in death's dark shade,
Many a widow's heart has sighed.

Since the dream that boyhood gave,
We have toiled on life's wide wave,
Wearily our oars we've plied,
In the search of Fortune's tide,
Warring with each blast that blew,
Braving storms that darker grew;
Cold and cheerless was the main,
But we three have met again!

Now that her we meet at last,
To recount the gales we've past;
Here, where life's first breath we drew,
Long lost pleasures we'll renew;
Here each scene shall claim a smile,
Friendship's warmth our age beguile;
And, where joys unmingled reign,
There may we three meet again!

For the Freedom's Journal:

1:37, p. 148

1827.11.23