Norwalk High School - Reminiscentiae Yearbook (Norwalk, CT)

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i i An endless labyrinth. Through the cool shade We at our will may wander far afield Perhaps, where in the silent solitude Cf Nature's wilds, surrounded only by Her own rare untouched beauty, we may pause an -- V -2' ' Q 69- b l! In , Ir l iQf955Tfi5f5fi5:5345ml lIQ1l6ll'4lCl6 'in' 'G' y , y L q-.4 N ls N ..-J 5. li A To dream long dreams. We here can see In life new meanings,-can appreciate A deeper beauty in the sunset's glow, And winter's sparkling fields of dazzling white. Now knowing that each onward, upward step New beauties will reveal, we hasten on. N0 longer dread of all that long, long way That stretched before us lies, but joy we feel And eagerness to know what lies ahead, Anticipation of the coming spring, Wheii in response to Naturels wakening call Thousands of thousands to those voices, which Stilled by the winter's chill, revivilied Shall, after lying silent for so long, Burst forth in one triumphant harmony Of life and love and hope. The li'tle brook, Loosed from his winter's prison, shall rush forth In frenzied torrents down the mountainside, Free, unconfined, singing triumphantly A song of gladness, springtime, liberty. Then will our feathered friends, from sou'hern lands Return again, and all our trees put forth Their verdure, and the springtime flowers adorn The fields and meadows and beneath our feet Here on the mountain side fair in pale pink ' w lo f Q -.. ' r , -2- er .ai-em-an tfiii m'W's,v0ff s-ss -iw-if-1' -14'-1114-9

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ns 1 ' H ' Trailing arbutus to our eyes will show The first warm smile of spring. We know that these And thousands more of beauties rich and rare V Await us, and will come to us this year With new and added meaning, and to hearts 'F lvlvdblv eel- Ol- l7 i21-2 M w NTS:-S NTM5 W els? sta? GIQCIQ19 v 7 ?f 7 I ...qu Rl '9 X 3 Far more receptive grown, with unstinting hand Spring shall her beauties pour. Worlds hitherto Uknown to us stretchpout on every hand. Thousands of voices which our ears before Have been too dull to catch, thousands of sights Our eyes before have been too dull to see, r Thousands of truths that ever, to this time, Our hearts have been too dull to understand, Flood in upon us. 'Tis as if locked doors, Heavy and massive, suddenly had been 'Thrown 'open wide, and we had been set free To roam at will in fair Elysian fields Flooded with light. Those heavy, massive doors That for so long enclosed our narrow sphere Might yet remain fast barred, but for our guide. Ninety four awww-sm-ov-lr YOU-,slr sl WI-'f- f9'l4 J i up f kud- I A .. 5. A A l