Show Just J p S t Folks Folks' F 0 1 k S- S By A. A Guest NOW NOW I read of ancient times and battles lost and won won I f fI I wonder if their pulses pulse thrilled who talked With Wellington And were they happy in their day who trod those English streets S Sometimes to chat with Shelley o or wa walk k a mile annie m le with Keats Yet when my birthday rolls around and friends come in I vow With all all' the happiness Ive I've k known Im I'm glad Im I'm living now At night when in a dreamy mood the thought occurs to me That Time will bring great things t to earth p which I shall never see And looking forward I am sure long after I am gone There will be great achievements I should like to look upon But when my birthday rolls around such no notions notions notions no- no fade away And I rejoice that I was born to know the world today Had I known Shelley Id I'd have hav missed the friends friens who line my way Missed all the joyous comradeship which brightens every day And had I not as yet been born though marvels mar mal mar S vels I might see Still I should riot not have known the joy these years have brought to tome me So when my ray birthday rolls around with gratitude tude bow And thank the Lord whose choice it was that 1 I am living Now |