Show 1 J JUNE AND OLD AGE S SS j S By SO SOPHIE IRENE RE LOEB Copyright 1923 New York Evening World Press Publishing Company Today is a great one a one a w wedding day day day- S The Tho youngest of at my first born bom Has lIas donned the wreath of at orange blossoms And hope beats high S Ah with what a happy smile S S She came to me this noon and kissed me j S Her lIer eyes glistening glIstening- almost tearfully with tearfully with j Joy S S SAnd And I L have only to go back i t. S To that gladsome S day f When I too looked at the world through gohle gl ses And I see gee myself la In n her ber if t S Much water has haa run oer o'er t. t the e dam darn f r I am am od and wrinkled and end gray W tf A They step softly t And withhold from froni me things that might mig hurt i t ft And I have bave even heard young John say say S That I had one foot in the grave t Sadness and sorrow have come l Yet Tet without them the world would not jr For Fat each fach learns the lesson of life life life- t i Without pain there is no contrast of at pleasure t v Truly into each life Ute some ISOme rain must falL And the great reat teacher Experience moves But the But the world is still aliI the Ule same ama y 5 5 In June 5 S With its roses and love j i For For all aU the hardships and all aU the toll toil Have Haye lost their sting S With blithe bUthe mornings and moon madness S That comes so surely i S In June J And the s soul l of at me rae is gladdened 5 S S SS As It t S was years ears ago For I II have only to reach out to youth S S 5 3 And youth comes back to me mo A In i June A S Time matters not nt S S For Fot the must be y I In Iii 1 Jun June l S. S O te S 5 j t |