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Show I The Seven Ages. H Wrllton Ij.IammS. IIanckv and roid nttlioOld folks' rartr. held In IIjiId Park, rebruary H. H07.1 H j FIRST AGE. fl j, When father and mother were Infants, no doubt, H I They were Just the sweetest babies aboht ' A laughing, crying, plump rosy lump, H' That crawls, toddles ami falls, on tho Moor with a thump; fl Were caressed, kissed and cuddled and petted quite off; H Had the measles and mumps, and the dread whooping cough. H i There w as hope, Joy and sorrow, discontentment and fears B . Kxpressed by those watching their earlier years, B l The angels were gnl'dlng tho lives Just begun BBa Of father and mother when they weic young. H SKCONI) AG P.. BBm ' Again fathers and mothers were younir, because PBa ) They were old enough now to know dear Santa Clans JBa How they danced with delight in tho grey Christmas dawn, BBfl As happy amK-ay as the birds of tho morn; BBfl Sang songs and told stories on the cot by tho door, M ' ' Played w Ith dolls or with marbles on the old kitchen floor; BBh ' Helped ma In the kitchen or pa In the shed, H j Said their prajers as they knelt by their low trundle bed: BBb j; l'la mates were they, with their frollo and fun, JBb i'n the dajs when father and mother weie young. H Tiunn age. PBv They weie joung when they sought education to gain, JBb At school or at college, for honor or fame; JBb On the farm, In tho kltcken, In business or art, JBb Kver shaping the mind or training the heart PBa To battle with nature on life's stormy sea, JBb Thus setting examples, for ou and for me. H Whatever I heir station they tried to do right JBh In seeking for wisdom, knowledge and light; H Schoolmates weie thoy In the new lire begun, JBV In the da)S when father and mother were young. H FOUUTII AGK. H Father and mother were joutur once again, Bh , When ma was pa's swecthet it, and pa ma's young man. JBh ; And they thought, when out to picnic or ball, JBh That pa's girl and ma's beau was tho best of them all. JBf One thing I must mention, I'd almost forgot: H l'a proposed, ma accepted, right thcro on the spot. B There weic smiles, and blushes, and caresses given, H And the vows that they made were record. d In heaven. H t.ove, sweet love, was the song that they sung, JBh v In the das when they were happy and jouirg. H FIFTH AGK. M Father and mother were young, when they started In life JBb With pa as ma's husband, ma as pa's wife. ' H They tolled side by side In sunshine and rain, H Cheered and comforted each other In sorrow and pain. m In rearing a family, the trials they passed through, M ' Will never be known to me and to you JBb , With a love and devotion as ilrm as a rock, H They tenderly cared for their gathering Hock; PBa With a hope for the future, a prayer on the tongue, JBh For wisdom they fought to guide them when young. H SIXTH AGK. PBa Th:y are joung, though their heads are a silvery grey, JBb For their beauty and youth havo not all passed away. JBb Sec their dear smiling faces when they speak of tho past, JBb And live o'er again tho days that will last JBb In their memory forever, and appear to their sight JBh , As bright spots, like tho stars In the darkness of night. PBa See the love tliey possess when they kneel In tho morn, JBb And pray for their children that's scattered and gone. H ThouRh aged and feeble, life's sands nearly run, f PBa ' Thcro Is peace In their bouIs as when they were young. H SKVKNTII AGK. PBs They are still young, though now wrinkled and grey, JBb For life's span at most Is but as a day, M It will not be long till we all meet once more H The fathers and mothers who have passed on before. PBa Like greeting old friends, from over the tide, J9 There'll be Joy when wc meet on tho other side. m Their senses may leave them, their eyesight grow dim, pBa ilut they still have thc'glorlbtjspromlse'df Illm,' - rtf f B Who has said, "when llfo'sifender thread hero-Is ilven, - ' ,1 M , They all shall be young In the kingdom of hcavenlj' H '$ ' . .' B i 1 VI ifK |
