I Saw the World Go By

Alice Corbin Henderson

I saw the world go by:
   With crimson banners flying,
   And loud bugles crying,
   The young world went by.

I saw the world go by:
   Footsore and weary,
   Banners torn and dreary,
   The old world went by.

I saw the world go by-
   And laughed to see it going,
   And cried to see it going,
   And while I watched it going,
   The world went by!

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