When hopes ran high the world was young,We thought that we would never die,And glorious were the songs we sungIn those grand days when hopes ran high.
When hopes ran high the world was trueWe thought that friends could never lie—There have been bitter truths for youAnd me, since days when hopes ran high.
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Canonical recordPOEM-000174
Copy-textFor Australia and Other Poems (1913), Project Gutenberg Australia, anchor WhenHopesRanHigh; selected copy retained exactly and independently aligned to the complete 1913 Standard Publishing Company scan (Google Books Db4vAQAAMAAJ)
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