The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-15
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SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1855.
I,oa the sossoIx POSE,
THE OLD MAN TO HIS WIFE.

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Two aged one. sat BY the fire, on winter evening chilli
Hand tightly clasping hand, they sat- in sweet content
ment still ! .'i,t+
The frost Of years lay thicy on each venerable brow
And Time had touched their clustering locks with hia
own seal Of snow; :s7
Pilgrims together many day, their goal was almost
won, e. -.+f4.e
And the light that besnsd athwar their path was nom
LIES setting sun.
As the wind went whstlius past the door, and the rain
fell overhead, -..,
They moved their chairs the closer and thus the old
man said: ed. ....
~ am by thy side, my Mary IS In days 90 long ago,
Ere age had to whsr lifs freshest farest glow;
Ny eye is varying DINNER love- cannot see thee WELL
Thy voice falls family mine ear like music's dying
swell; it'f5l- ~ r.
totter the pathway where raniin youthful glee
And the Hand whose touch hath changed me- haiti
/ fallen, too on thee;
But my heart Is still as buoyant as in its early Spring.
And the busy thought within me, tonight 10 on tn,
wing. I'1-
rowing rowing backward Ger the chsckered track
.9A years, j fi3e f}s ASSN .llssh
am thinking Of the sunshine and counting up the tears
Iremember thee my Mary, in childhoods hour 30 gay
In thy freedom and thy merriment thy wild and careless
ss plays G5 &C.. AEt. .a5H5- faz
Il gate, : =5ff5z r. lEsi.1 .zIf II ztazHs +
vert late. I Ha# ~.
And few years gliding onward, pleasant walks at
% b morn i5 -f.ft 5t=z#5= ##,lzz
nd frnytn Al.
And meetings in the moonlight and pledges whispered
L, low, 5t5 f =" #tt #.t
While the stars looked down in beauty and the winds
went to and fro - stB 9.z..r-
Obi maiden fair aud blooming in grhoods hour Of pride
How modest, coy and beautiful, my own, my bonny
bride; s'sJ /
Thy cheek was like the rosebud in ito ever changsf
hue,
Thy hair was brown and wavy thine eye was clear an
blue; pt 81 Fill
Oil face of angel sweetnsss-I zee It shining yet,
Tho lines Of and the years have on 1t SET
Our friends have fallen round Us beneath the seyths
Some have sadly laid them down to disin far and oresr
cline, $3.50 J--.5N sE E.5='e..
Some persisted young and early and went to sleep Will
flowers, a45 -.---t Hsta -H ssrt.t
Some laid than down at the autumn's time. mid TIL
wreck Of sunny hours; sG5 Ii HeiAoH
But we have lived my Mary till the winters wall hat
Ht come, f-Es 'esf s-,-. tl.lt-.- F
And we brave his blast together 10 our dear and euie
tt-i-r homo. aa rs
It's strangely quiet darling-not Ike 1t used to be;
Remember, remember when 1t rung with melody;
There were sounds of bounding footsteps and shouts
boyish mirth, s..s. s-
When our merry band Of little ones, made bright bot
. hall and hearth +s -. a
In my dreams often see them now that joyous band
seven BIS ps-ElH H-s uAf r
The five who iingsr with us 70 the twain who dwell /,
heaven. 81 ~ a e...- 5,.s,s!
They are scattered for and wds Mary far over land and
,t sea, ~
But In spirit still they our own one little family.
Some stand beneath the banners fod. where Southern
fruits flush high, ... t
And one s seeking Famss bright wreath, whore giooms
, the Arctic sky;
Our youngest only fingers to chser rs with her gles
over thought her farvst, because somuch like thee
We may not hope my Mary. that many years to come
VIII ind us in this blessed, love.eonsecraed home
socloser sit my darling and pray this prayer with me-
'Ohl Father, who art over ALL now listen graciously
Aswe two souls have trod LIES way, thro calm aud
stormy weather,
So take heavenly home whom thou art pleased,
together.'"