DON'T BE UNKIND TO THE OLD FOLK.
Don't be unkind to the old folk, Give them your tenderest care, Let them m -ill your enjoyments Feel that they have a warm share Give them a place at the fireside, Comfort them all that you can, Now tuey are lonely and feeble, Now they an* neuriug life's Bpan. Think of the trials and sorrows They have been callod to endure ; Think of life's beauty and brightness To them growing dim and obscure ; Think at the sad disappointments, The lo«8es and crosses they've known, And don't be unkimHo the old folk, Nor leave them neglected, alone. Blest is the home where the old folk And young folk together are found, Mingling their tears and their laughter, Both with true happiness crowned : Age from it gun - iouse giving Treasures of wi.^dom find truth, Into its bosom receiving Joy, and renewal of youth. Tenderly watch o'er the old folk, Kindfy their sorrows assuage, Youth should be ever the solace And the strong staff of old age. ,** With all their whims and their fancies I Patiently bear and forbear { j Don't be unkind to the old folk, Give them your^tenderest care.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 102, 16 May 1885, Page 7
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196DON'T BE UNKIND TO THE OLD FOLK. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 102, 16 May 1885, Page 7
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