Original artwork, not a still
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.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Childhood companionship is recalled through repeated statements of having had people nearby. The turn to all are gone replaces that abundance with absence. Repeating all makes the loss feel complete, while familiar faces keeps the remembered people personal rather than reducing them to a distant period.
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