THE INGLB NOOK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2489, 31 December 1886, Page 2

THE INGLB NOOK.

BE KIND TO XHB AHUJ FOIdC. Be kind to the old folk, while atill they, are wi' ye, Bear, bear wi' their notions and al *r ' jfanc;Uig ways, ; , ';-': . ", ' . An' fcho' their bit weakneases'-'"am*' plea,-, suregieye, '■ Oh dihna-be thraur wi' their ancient displays. Forgot ua that khidnosa is young blude unto them, It reezes their hearts when they get a saft word ; it makes them live langer to ken that ye lo'e tfaem, Sae gar aye auld bresate be -wi' happiness stirred. Be kind to the old folk, for the years that are o'er them, Ne'.er lat cruel feelin's time's winter increase, Youth glorious seems whan wi' rav'ronca afore them gi'e tae them mo- ■ ments of peace. ' Oh, wha wad torget them thro' life h fast ■wauin' ? ' - Oh, wha wad do dour wi* a whits, . shaking pow ? Oh, wha wadna gi'o them a ,bsita of suatainin', ■ 'I In kindness that lwhieas on time-j furrowed brow 1 . Bo kind to the auld folks tho'- time-worn an' hoary, Tho' freshness o' beauty hm maisi frae them has passed, Still gran' in their fsdin', tho' wft o' youth's glory, Oh, honor wi* kindneaa thaa link* o' tho past. , . , The hsek may be bowed, and the limba may be ahaktn', The voice aneb sw ehgery may bwo bo fu' shrill; Sair, sair arc the tears o' &ultl age nhsa forsa'son, Sae tentily guard theia frae ilk» bit Bo kind to the auld folk* .Sbayll no be wi' ye, Maiai blest o' a* bleaain'g will »y$ ye ' attend ;' < The 'disarm' thought sffcer n?ai mair lea' ye— -, ; That lovo'a go,wde& tbAy'wu dona fco the end. Far-searching th* prayers »' «■_ iuLA he,iiD uplifted, An 1 ue'er yet tmhasdifjfbf IftatVbft' a'saves j < An' vthm fraotSsag ass dnftfA, jv - ' * - The isfesfo:'® #%^|^^^P^^^A,