Ratrospeotion.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10501, 23 November 1901, Page 1 (Supplement)

Ratrospeotion.

Only a bit of frill gniitf'TiE Oub with the rubbish torn, But it takes me back through the happy years ' To the joy of my wedding morn. Only a faded, rose. , . Dropp'd from a disused hat, But it makes my heart, with a raccj-jj, horse speed, Beat audibly "pitter-pat." • Only a little carte . Carried 1!g»e 3j But peeriiK»S And fining my life with lest. (...Onlya^aby^shoc,, :^.,j,', ■udhi: Battle and wooden ball, But they make me, thinkjofrmv dar.M^Myl- 1*"1 *" ' "' iilto v " Who answered tho Master's call. ..,ij* t jt-> :i"r »vt*on-i 1 «« ' """* Only a golden curl Cut from a childish brow, .. — But bringing again to me laugh and mirth ifag Of her who's a woman now. Only a blotted note Writ in a childish scrawl, But more to me than a "masterpiece," Huns on a palace wall. f § \t $f >| Only a worn old'Blok* '-* J '** Guarded with tender care, But it makes me. .think of my mother jyP.wteetSV/ Sat in her old-time chair. Only a 'queer old watch, On it I can't rely, " But how it was prized by my father . dear, ' • * Who's journeyed.beyond the sky. Only a homely tune, Snng at thA Jabbath^^os^^ag Bn in»schingi n»sching me more than the cta».d^Prf'riOheigfcW^ nf -..Wif • <■•■"••»■ 3:! tOf"th«Vor»torioß. • ••*• •'■''■". /' . , % .r."..i.r ..(1 -<"•* "-'■"■■'S -\ X' «f Only »-«imple ! trust,' • " ,' • sn .V6wVMn"my- bbyhbod days; ' ' Bemembered in sicknestrupoWmy^ed,' il Thinking of words' and' Vays.-. - <t" tv I ;'••-' •>'■.'.-• - .1 1.!l»n4''leti"the cyiiics'lrfnghr- ■ "'•'- "" t- JAs-worthlesr-thcß-e 5 despise,' • *■"_ BUfc/ofrl'WhAi the^h'eart i»> in 'softest •f>W mood,"' *« '■' v "' "; "i.» lt-»«th«e e eMly9'"tK** w ®'P tU!C -. -, s f w« il^rinnd/Hariiaty.! . ■"•■fa tnt.'o»3^ | J^ l g^i^^i"' J " A ( ,