When Hopes Ran High

Henry Lawson, 1910

      When hopes ran high the world was young,
      We thought that we would never die,
      And glorious were the songs we sung
      In those grand days when hopes ran high.

      When hopes ran high the world was true
      We thought that friends could never lie —
      There have been bitter truths for you
      And me, since days when hopes ran high.