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Show THE SEVEN STAGE.!. ' Only a baby, Klised and caressed, Gently held to a mother's breast. Only a child. ;- . ,, . ' i . Vi Toldlng alone, Brightening now Its happy home' Only a boy, , Trudging to school, . Governed now by a sterner rule. Only a youth, ' ; ' Living In dreams; . Full ol promise life now seems ! Only a man Battling with life, ' Shared In now by loving wife. , ', ' Only a father. Burdened with care. Silver threads in dark brown hair, Only a graybeard, ' Toddlng again. ......... ... .'. Growing and full of pain. Only a mound, O'ergrown with grass, Dreams unrealized rest at last. ; Boiton Traveler |