. Sunshine and roses . ^? ^^w^ ONLY AN ANTIQUATED BEAU. The hallowed time of life is mine,The time when shadows flitting rise And swell the mind with images Of sweeping storms and gleaming skies. And, from the days of long ago,Rises a halo of sun-kissed the eyes, with mellow beams, Of—only an antiquated beau. I kiss again the lips of bliss,— A blooming lass, scarce in her teens,—And fondle sagely my first sweetheart,— With mien more stately than a queen^, ah! that dream was broken-fair,— Its goddess lies with folded arms. Wooed by a love with silent sought a hom
. Sunshine and roses . ^? ^^w^ ONLY AN ANTIQUATED BEAU. The hallowed time of life is mine,The time when shadows flitting rise And swell the mind with images Of sweeping storms and gleaming skies. And, from the days of long ago,Rises a halo of sun-kissed the eyes, with mellow beams, Of—only an antiquated beau. I kiss again the lips of bliss,— A blooming lass, scarce in her teens,—And fondle sagely my first sweetheart,— With mien more stately than a queen^, ah! that dream was broken-fair,— Its goddess lies with folded arms. Wooed by a love with silent sought a home I might not share. ^^ ^^ U&^W^ N^^-^^X-. \--J. I/I Sadly I turn with life, less hope.— Another maid I seem to see—Eyes of azure, and cheek more fair. Her I woo on bended Fate was over-kind to her. Or generous over-kind to me.— A grandmother sits beneath yon treeAnd bout her, children croon and purr. A faded gown and mobile lips, A bosom racked with anxious thought, A silent grace, a gentle tread, A meekness born of life, care-fraught. And yet it vanishes from vision of a cherished hope,And in the dark I vainly grope To find hearts phantomed dream come true. jiri ? /f!i I 37 A, .^^Y ^^-t>-^2^%?
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