Downey High School - Volsung Yearbook (Downey, CA)

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THE HERMIT Through the forest aisles a hermit lone Comes with his staff todayg Old and bent and hoar is he His hair is long and gray. Old as the trees and older yet, His weary way he trods, His raiment torn and ragged, And stained from grassy sods. Alone in Woodland hut Far from the haunts of men, And there with the elves and pixies He roams the forest glen. The fairies and elves are his helpers, They cheer him when he is blue, And the birds serenade him at nighttime, After the long day is through. A friend to all of the woodfolk, To every bird and heeg Loved by all of the fairies VVho Hit around him in glee. So a hermit's life is a free life When he is the fairies, friend, And he will live happily with them Till the span of his life shall end. ELAINE THOBIPSON '35

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SEVENTH GRADE

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THE SUMMARY WINTER NUMBER December - january - February -1932-33 I 1