A Toast
by Elizabeth West '16

To all the ships that never sailed,
To all the words long gone

To the dreams never fulfilled,
And the songs never sung

To all the flowers that never bloomed
cut down in their prime

And to all the names
On a wall, they are inscribed

To mountains forgotten
And rivers dry

To talents forgotten
And ideas that died

To all of these things
that never came to be
And last of all
To you and me

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