Show p I Just Folks B By EDGAR A A. A GUEST f Copyright 1931 Edgar A. A Guest 4 t m OLD READING BEADING The garden guden catalogues are here And once again I read them through As I have done for many a year In search of blossoms old and new Unchanged the style unchanged the tale And yet the page grows never stale Some books I read and toss aside ide Some books a second time Ill I'll con And some rome I can no more abide Because their interest has gone But every year I sit for hours Rereading catalogues of lowers flowers The new is very like the old Whatever er name the covers bear I know the yellow marigold And ADd the modest mignonette are there The story of ot the daffodils Is old as arc are the old oldest t hills bilLs The catalo catalogue ue of life repeats The selfsame list of human needs One finds upon its printed sheets The record o of mens thoughts and deeds And all that daily dally Is ls retold retold J Ol Ot Joy and grief Is ages old t r T |