TO THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
(Original.) F.Uher and mother, ever dear, Yours duly came to hand. When all unhidden xushetl the tear For kin nud father-land. I'm glad, yes, very ylad, to knov Th •!■ Providence has smiled On all you are and have below — Each near m, 1 distant child. And when yon •,'« ther round the hearth At fall of tviri-tide, And with oue bound thought circles earth To where your loved abide, And ere the falling sand has maiked One other moment's flight, That thought bespeaks— yes, e'en commauds — A power infinite. Then take this comfort to your heart That iv one haud is held, E'en you, and your most distant part Of self — each hope, each child. The suds of summer and thefroit Of uncongenial clime Full oft the raven locks have crossed Wilh whitening touch of time. And ye are passing hence — away Beyond material things ; One forward look to endless duy Back one glance memory flings. Behind are those than life more dear, Before, the Father'^ home ; Thou'lt pass — we shed the bitter tear, Anon we too shall come. A little while and we shall pass, While others weep the call That bade us hence, alas, alas ! Death touches all— yes, all ! Glad thought, where echoes of farewell And death can never come, We'll meet beyond the Jordan's swell. Meet in the Father's home. K. K. K.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1184, 30 September 1885, Page 4
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232TO THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME. Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1184, 30 September 1885, Page 4
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