SO THE OLD FOLKS SAY.
The old folks says: The times aro changing, The bygone years were surely best; O’er land and sea, for ever ranging, Men wander now in vague unrest; And faded are the green romances. The morning light has died away, The world has lost its golden chances! So the old folks say. The old folks say: The days are duller. The sweetest songs are left snsung; The spring was full of scent and color, Long, long ago, when we were young*. Above our beads the sky was clearer, .And warmer was the sunlight ray; Tcrt Heaven is now a little nearer— So the old folic? say. The old folks say: fTis summer weather, Play, children, to your hearts* desire; But leave us hand in hand together, Beside the swiftly falling fire. For earthly chains are near their breaking. And eyes are dim and locks are grey; But love’s a dream that knows no waking. So the old folks say. —‘ Pail Mall Gazette,*
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Evening Star, Issue 13002, 22 December 1906, Page 14
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166SO THE OLD FOLKS SAY. Evening Star, Issue 13002, 22 December 1906, Page 14
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