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The Old Neighbour And The New

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'Twas to greet the new rector I called I here,     But in the arm-chair I see     My old friend, for long years installed here,     Who palely nods to me.     The new man explains what he's planning     In a smart and cheerful tone,     And I listen, the while that I'm scanning     The figure behind his own.     The newcomer urges things on me;     I return a vague smile thereto,     The olden face gazing upon me     Just as it used to do!     And on leaving I scarcely remember     Which neighbour to-day I have seen,     The one carried out in September,     Or him who but entered yestreen.

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