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Show Old Lovers. i John W. T.ow in New York Sun I !nvC the old thinas heft, don't you? T'.ie oil coat that so skilfuily Mv crooks and an-k'S hides irom view And ?-'oms so truly part of mo. nd, oil! 1 love the old shoes, too. Thai know ouch toe, where each one plays ; And iu-w d rtetrst tiie new. Thiit mock me with their stiff-backed ways! And mv old l.i.t: bow oft it fit The ihne-w.irn ridiro of my brow. Haw contfortint,'iy auvt ii pI!3 Atv prBtt'l'ul I od wiiPti ;.'n.p-et9 blow . And" v. hrn I huve to lay tt by. Poor, pit from lo:ii: Ihil-'.'i of davs, And don the n'W, "lis wu'lif T I Can look on U with ir.uxiuU naz '. Mv wa: h is old: is nn.i.-r.t work .Ty filth. --r P'-rvcd and bcftire. And now it tines tn rrfiii.y Jt-rks li wou'd hav Pr-om'd in time of yor. Hut wh.'ii it halts I lvxiv it on And i:rn: il to tk-k unow; I almost f!. if it runs down For Kood and all. th-.t 1 shull. too! I love oUI house i, without krys. F.ftahUd. Kr:iy and ivy khumi, They t--ll m.- nil tho tratrdics And triumphs that their years hnv-known. hnv-known. I love old o'.i.is" and mapl trcn: They 1J1 n:. all th. loverp' vows And klsps ' hispered to tho br'ozo Through all tlie years beneath thf ir bounhs. I n-f old fripnd.. th klndlv mllr. Tho vniep erown tb-nrr ilny h v d.n v Th ).n.u that lonjrT rllnH the whllr Tn'lu r wo ar Krwinc srray. Th" old sweet lovo! "T(s Rood to ficm Ilr fai'i- r-afh yar iiktc fond mnd trio As we nn hand in hand. Ah. me! I love the old loves bst. don't you? |