Almon Keefer

Series: A Child-World

James Whitcomb Riley

The poem is a nostalgic and melancholic reflection on the passing of time and the loss of innocence. It describes the speaker's memories of childhood summers spent in a rural setting, where he would play with his friends and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. The poem expresses a sense of longing for those carefree days, now lost to the passage of time. The speaker's nostalgia is tempered by a recognition that growth and maturity are inevitable, and that the joys of childhood cannot be recaptured. The poem concludes... AI Generated Content

~1883 CE

Available in: English