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Show THE TABLE SET FOR TWO. (Good Housekeeping.) The sunshine falls on the window sill. And the day looks in at the open door;. The kettle sings, and the dear old wife Goes back and forth o'er the kitchen Hoor With plate and platter and fork and spoon. As ever:- day she is wont to do. And she lays them with a quiet grace On the homely table set for two. Oh, the bread is like the sea's white spray. And the cloth is clean as mountain snow; From the pantry shelf to the kitchen stove The dear old wife on her errand goes. . The morning glories over the porch All in a riotous tangle run. The cat lies curled asleep on a chair, The old dog blinks at the nooday sun. But the dear old wife is sad today, And the morning hours have seemed so long. For her thoughts are of the long ago. When the old house rang with mirth and song; When the red-cheeked boys and merry girls . Came trooping in through the open door; Some wander now 'neath an alien skv. And some will come back no more no more. There are plenty of chairs against the wall, ArUstiVl-e wide old rooms are strangely The day is sad. though the sunshine falls aJ futh5 slfted fer'd on the window sill; itL dTjr okl wife- in her Quiet wav. uors -he homely tasks she is wont to do; ."-.VVl- l,ears fal1 fast as Khe thinks I Of the lonesome table set for two.' |