Time was, his boy was five years old; time was he smiled as I;

I wonder what awaits for me when youth has journeyed by?

Last night I sat at home and watched my little boy at play,

And all the time I thought of him whose boy has gone away.

And in the joy that I possessed I prayed in silence then

That God would quickly bring him back his little boy again.


The Glory of Age

"What is the glory of age?" I said,

"A hoard of gold and a few dear friends?