Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

H . L. HUBBARD . * QUUM ESSEM INFANS, UT INFANS LOQUEBAR . FOUND a childish letter in a drawer, Laid up with care, and fading now with age . I drew it out and read it through with awe, That unformed scribble on a yellow page . It seemed so quaint to keep this letter there , Amongst those others in that treasure chest; On childish sentences such tender care To lavish and bestow — it seemed a jest. At length I turned the page, and then I saw The reason why 'twas kept till sad old age , What made it seem a sacrament ,- nay more , - A row of crosses drawn across the page .