Most joyful let the Poet be;

It is through him that all men see.

William Ellery Channing (1817-1901): The Poet of the Old and New Times.

I have had playmates, I have had companions,

In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

Charles Lamb (1775-1834): Old Familiar Faces.