The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-10
TWENTY YEARS TONIGHT.
1T RosIHs.

The ui.try day has ciosed and the long hours
OF night, steai on. The vino around the hOusr
I, r.yias fesrfully, and its keen blast
Shskcs augrily, the btasehes Of the Pisss
That sta nd bout our home, making n weird
And InaurufaI melody. The glittIing stars
Are thiekIy studded in the dark blue sky
And the young moon, looks e"ldly beautiful.
How bright the eoatuAst, in our eurtained home
4 lsy aside my book, and look around
First upan mother, in her easy chair
In the warm corner. Der her placid bcoW
The thin 6ne hair, by eighty winters trusts
l. white as snuE, Ard the roft cap rests thee
A. - a huiy Thing. She's knitting now
|, A stacking, warm and long, for the fair boy
| Who with hi. kriCe trims out the trigger small
! To yuit his bird trap, CHANGING now and then
| Tn 10 a picture frame, wherein jay
Is PEREZ IL ( sIcrfly. An elder boy
10 srr9txg ucnr, with idly folded hAnds
| wate Jug the buoy play, Of the young romp
A hoy of two bright summers, who with iwa
Tin va .oa ~ akes more noise than n hole team
h"rs,s Nesting at my feet, q girl
With ia 4 broWn HAIR, and eyes Of dreamy blue,
L. Watching me, aud Soniring what write.
| Another Soy comes in, with laughing face
And shisp'.ins to the older they both 20
at to the kircheu, where the kettle boiis
Fall OF ,iei syrIp, 10 he pulled in sticks
OF melt AZ 49, -stIsss; aud -a<y slaAee t&llI then
{ n thee, reading 50 silly in gown
And sippsrs. = 'Idy rhispe'ed, husband
iIs you know, tis twenty years tonight
Sinve wed?
TO1 lay yOar parer down
Tske ut YOUR glasses, brush the clas ring hair
Rr I'm 81 yodr torch .sd, stretch your feet before
The glowing FIRE, and Gasp your hands across
Your breast The r'sg OF gid " srihgt rs is
I . mate upon my hsni. ali, wen d"f
= ID i. oh.W. a.
ZACH Other.
Il ittwcuty years indeed
Gou sIftly ssy. 1T does not seem so long"
fes,i~rnty years hsv'p us'd and 20" were brave
And han Is"ne, aud I was eung and trusting
, nh What y troop OF m-ru 'ries cume, as page
! By pa &c, Rad he y June Of the past.
| I see the wedding guests, | hear the wo.ds
Which hind our lives: sce my fathers face
Aud hear hiIa say. ''GOd blrss yOu, mother too
! And sisters, brothers kind, and loriag friend.
| And then the Pariing-iet me pass that hour.
! ra.s too, the meeting with neu frienis, the gay
4 n ecptiuny fern gone through. when all wish'd
III esied for then, WAS but to look on thee.
How very far away. 1t all seems now.
| md then. the coming home, and the warm clasp
! OF f-irndly hs Ddf, whS welcomed ne. It's sweet
To think ofthem, for they have found their rect
A ID wall 50 give us Welcome, once again.
This quiet. quaint old house was brig ht the day
| You bro ughtu here. Love right'ns every thing
And when the amer passed and gentle spring
Came with her buds and flowers. twas sweet to
| T~ine the vines, and roaI tho flowers to bloom
AtSat your chiidhoSd's home.
Still, for awhile
| pinned for the dear friends I'd left. and home,
A1d then, these grand old pines, did comfort me
Signing With m, and nsaniug Piaintiyely
when tears weald come.
Bot VOC were ever kind
And though you cosld not always understand
Yoa wissIy qaestisned not, iii the cloud passed
And the sun ,hOns again
Thus, day by day.
weiesrned to ksow each other, and when fsul's
Came out, 40 faults will always do, We did
Like skaters, where the ice is thin, and flaws
Appear. NO glided quickly round them. each
Yielding to the other, when we saw that
We could not agree.
Twas soon We nee led
An our love and strength our happy cong
Grew tremulous with tears, and our bright sky
Bore ci ,.ads upOu its azure, clouds which
Sometimes hid their silver lining.
Years passed,
| The table where We two, once sat alone
Grew bright with childr, Ms faces and our chain
OF love had many shining links-hut ali
One harder blow, than ever came before
Severed the chain agaia, which reaches now
Unto the golden shore.
We stand upon
The hi b 81 Eeint on life's grand nount.snd now
We mast descend. We can look back and ira &c
All fsintiy though Il be, the path we've tod
And u sometimes, the thorns did pierce our feet,
We sought to shun them as We jOurnsyed on.
We've gathered many flowers sang macy songs
Ofglsdnrss, but what our work has wrought what
JOY 90 some, to some what bitter pain vii
Not be Known, until the great day Of days
when ali shall be revealed.
| Then hand 10 hand
Wen step into the future, knowing we'll
It's cup will be mixed one, but with hearts
Prepared for tmiles or tears, resolved 10 do
Our duty with . willing hand and leave
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